Daoukro

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Daoukro
Town, sub-prefecture, and commune
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Daoukro
Location in Ivory Coast
Coordinates: 7°3′N3°58′W / 7.050°N 3.967°W / 7.050; -3.967 Coordinates: 7°3′N3°58′W / 7.050°N 3.967°W / 7.050; -3.967 [1]
CountryFlag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg  Ivory Coast
District Lacs
Region Iffou
Department Daoukro
Area
 • Total863 km2 (333 sq mi)
Population
 (2021 census) [2]
 • Total101,136
 • Density120/km2 (300/sq mi)
 • Town
44,342 [3]
 (2014 census)
Time zone UTC+0 (GMT)

Daoukro is a town in east-central Ivory Coast. It is a sub-prefecture of and the seat of Daoukro Department. It is also the seat of Iffou Region in Lacs District. Daoukro is also a commune.

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Administration

A law of 1978 [4] established 27 full-service municipalities in the territory of the country.

List of successive mayors
Date d'électionIdentitéPartiQualitéStatut
1980 Henri Konan Bédié PDCI-RDA Politicianelected
1985Andoh Konan Jean PDCI-RDA Politicianelected
1990Andoh Konan Jean PDCI-RDA Politicianelected
1995Andoh Konan Jean PDCI-RDA Politicianelected
2001Gnankou Konan PDCI-RDA Politicianelected

Demographics

Historical population of Daoukro
Year1975198820102014
Population12 57512 77736 684 [5] 73 134 [6]

Education

Primary education
Public

  • EPP Application

Secondary education
Public High School

  • Modern High School
  • Technical College

Public College

  • Modern College
  • Modern College Ascension
  • Modern College Ivoire
  • Modern College Le Privilège
  • College Mouhayé

Languages

Nouchi
Native to Ivory Coast
Language codes
ISO 639-3 None (mis)
Glottolog nouc1234

Since independence, the official language throughout Ivory Coast has been French. The lingua franca, spoken and understood by the majority of the population, is Dioula, but the vernacular of the region is Baoulé. The French actually spoken in the region, as in Abidjan, is commonly called Ivorian Popular French or Moussa’s French [Note 1] that is distinct from standard French pronunciation and also uses specific words, which makes it almost unintelligible to non-Ivorians.

Another form of spoken French is Nouchi, a slang spoken mainly by young people and which is also the language in which two satirical magazines are written, Gbich! and Y Fohi.

Since Daoukro Department receives many Ivorians from all over the country, all the vernacular languages of the country (about sixty) are practiced.

Sports

The city has two football clubs, the RFC Daoukro, finalist of the Cup of Cote d'Ivoire football in 2002, and AS Daoukro, which competes in the Division Regional Championship, the equivalent of a fourth-tier division [7] Both teams play their home games at Daoukro Municipal Stadium. As in most cities, it is organized, informally, tournament football players to seven, very popular in Ivory Coast, are called Maracanas. In 2008, Daoukro was a city-stage of the Tour of White Gold: the stage was won by the Ivorian rider Balima Mahamadi.

Figures linked to the town

Villages

The 18 villages of the sub-prefecture of Daoukro and their population in 2014 are. [8]

  1. Agni-Assikasso (2 798)
  2. Anoumabo (2 323)
  3. Assuéti (1 375)
  4. Bénanou (1 736)
  5. Dadiékro (693)
  6. Daoukro (44 342)
  7. Dengbé (1 523)
  8. Kongoti (1 297)
  9. Kouassi-Diétèkro (1 435)
  10. Koutoukounou (1 089)
  11. Abbo-Kénégny (528)
  12. Allokokro (1 891)
  13. Komenan-Yaokro (1 778)
  14. Lagoukro (1 920)
  15. Léki - Kouadiokro (1 539)
  16. Lékikro (2 581)
  17. N'guessankro (2 271)
  18. Pepressou (2 015)

Notes

  1. ↑ "français de Moussa".
  1. ↑ "Ivory Coast Cities Longitude & Latitude". sphereinfo.com. Archived from the original on 13 September 2012. Retrieved 19 November 2010.
  2. ↑ Citypopulation.de Population of the regions and sub-prefectures of Ivory Coast
  3. ↑ Citypopulation.de Population of cities & localities in Ivory Coast
  4. ↑ Loi no 78-07 du 9 janvier 1978
  5. ↑ Fiche de la ville sur le site du world gazetteer
  6. ↑ "Côte d'Ivoire". geohive.com. Retrieved 7 December 2015.
  7. ↑ Championnat de Football de Cote d'Ivoire
  8. ↑ "RGPH 2014, Répertoire des localités, Région Iffou" (PDF). ins.ci. Retrieved 5 August 2019.

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