Bouna was formerly the centre of a "highly centralized kingdom based on military districts administered by princes" who exploited the local gold deposits;[3] the kingdom was created in the late-17th century by Bounkani, an immigrant from the Dagomba people. Like Kong, it became a major center of Islamic learning.[4] In fact the imam of Bighu resettled here after the collapse of that city.[5]
The town is served by its own dirt-runway airport. This bush landing strip mainly serves the United Nations.
Bouna was one of the main strongholds of the Nouvelle Forces, the rebel army of the 2002 attempted coup d'état. The general population of Bouna suffered greatly in the early days of the rebellion. Things are gradually returning to normal in the area. However, there is much to be done to get the region fully functional in the areas of education and health.
In 2021, the population of the sub-prefecture of Bouna was 94,883.[1]
Villages
The one hundred and twenty four villages of the sub-prefecture of Bouna and their population in 2014 are:[6]
↑ Bethwell Allan Ogot, Africa from the Sixteenth to the Eighteenth Century (University of California Press, 1992; ISBN0435948113), p. 356.
↑ Amy McKenna, The History of Western Africa (The Rosen Publishing Group, 2011; ISBN1615303995), p. 109.
↑ Wilks,Ivor. Wangara, Akan, and Portuguese in the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Centuries (1997). Bakewell, Peter (ed.). Mines of Silver and Gold in the Americas. Aldershot: Variorum, Ashgate Publishing Limited. p.22.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
↑ Citypopulation.de Population of the localities in the sub-prefecture of Bouna
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