Buyo, Ivory Coast

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Buyo
City, sub-prefecture, and commune
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Buyo
Location in Ivory Coast
Coordinates: 6°14′N7°3′W / 6.233°N 7.050°W / 6.233; -7.050 Coordinates: 6°14′N7°3′W / 6.233°N 7.050°W / 6.233; -7.050 [1]
CountryFlag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg  Ivory Coast
District Bas-Sassandra
Region Nawa
Department Buyo
Population
 (2014) [2]
 • Total103,217
Time zone UTC+0 (GMT)

Buyo is a city in south-western Ivory Coast. It is a sub-prefecture of and the seat of Buyo Department in Nawa Region, Bas-Sassandra District. Buyo is also a commune. The city sits on the south shore of Lake Buyo.

Ivory Coast State in West Africa

Ivory Coast or Côte d'Ivoire, officially the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire, is a country located on the south coast of West Africa. Ivory Coast's political capital is Yamoussoukro in the centre of the country, while its economic capital and largest city is the port city of Abidjan. It borders Guinea and Liberia to the west, Burkina Faso and Mali to the north, Ghana to the east, and the Gulf of Guinea to the south.

Sub-prefectures of Ivory Coast

Sub-prefectures of Ivory Coast are the fourth-level administrative subdivisions of the country. There are currently 510 sub-prefectures. They were created in 2011, when the administrative subdivisions of Ivory Coast were reorganised.

Buyo Department Department in Bas-Sassandra, Ivory Coast

Buyo Department is a department of Nawa Region in Bas-Sassandra District, Ivory Coast. In 2014, its population was 183,875 and its seat is the settlement of Buyo. The sub-prefectures of the department are Buyo and Dapéoua.

The far southern portion of the sub-prefecture is located in Taï National Park.

Taï National Park national park

Taï National Park is a national park in Côte d'Ivoire that contains one of the last areas of primary rainforest in West Africa. It was inscribed as a World Heritage Site in 1982 due to the breadth of its flora and fauna. Five mammal species of the Taï National Park are on the Red List of Threatened Species: pygmy hippopotamus, olive colobus monkeys, leopards, chimpanzees and Jentink's duiker.

In 2014, the population of the sub-prefecture of Buyo was 103,217 [3] .

Villages

The xx villages of the sub-prefecture of Buyo and their population in 2014 are [3] :

  1. Assamoikro (4 104 )
  2. Buyo (25 339 )
  3. Gbily (3 997 )
  4. Logbozoua (5 341 )
  5. Mayakoffikro (5 804 )
  6. Adk (Complexe Industriel) (2 771)
  7. Baglo 2 (5 097 )
  8. Dafrahinou (10 150 )
  9. Gbliglo (10 403 )
  10. Koréahinou (9 948 )
  11. Noukpoudou 2 (4 803 )
  12. Tchétaly (8 994 )
  13. Wonséaly (6 466 )

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References

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  2. ↑ "Côte d'Ivoire". geohive.com. Retrieved 7 December 2015.
  3. 1 2 "RGPH 2014, Répertoire des localités, Région Nawa" (PDF). ins.ci. Retrieved 5 August 2019.


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