Sohouo

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Sohouo
Town and sub-prefecture
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Sohouo
Location in Ivory Coast
Coordinates: 9°37′N5°40′W / 9.617°N 5.667°W / 9.617; -5.667 Coordinates: 9°37′N5°40′W / 9.617°N 5.667°W / 9.617; -5.667
CountryFlag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg  Ivory Coast
District Savanes
Region Poro
Department Korhogo
Population
 (2014) [1]
  Total16,029
Time zone UTC+0 (GMT)

Sohouo is a town in northern Ivory Coast. It is a sub-prefecture of Korhogo Department in Poro Region, Savanes District.

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.

Korhogo Department Department in Savanes, Ivory Coast

Korhogo Department is a department of Poro Region in Savanes District, Ivory Coast. In 2014, its population was 536,851 and its seat is the settlement of Korhogo. The sub-prefectures of the department are Dassoungboho, Kanoroba, Karakoro, Kiémou, Kombolokoura, Komborodougou, Koni, Korhogo, Lataha, Nafoun, Napiéolédougou, N'Ganon, Niofoin, Sirasso, Sohouo, and Tioroniaradougou.

Sohouo was a commune until March 2012, when it became one of 1126 communes nationwide that were abolished. [2]

Communes of Ivory Coast fifth-level administrative unit of Ivory Coast

The communes of Ivory Coast are a fifth-level administrative unit of administration in Ivory Coast. The sub-prefectures of Ivory Coast contain villages, and in select instances more than one village is combined into a commune. There are currently 197 communes in the 510 sub-prefectures.

In 2014, the population of the sub-prefecture of Sohouo was 16,029 [3] .

Villages

The 11 villages of the sub-prefecture of Sohouo and their population in 2014 are [3] :

  1. Bodonon (1 622)
  2. Karafigue (1 025)
  3. Krignaravogo (364)
  4. Noupee 1 (217)
  5. Nouple 2 (320)
  6. Sielekaha (920)
  7. Sohouo (1 676)
  8. Zanakaha (1 200)
  9. Ziemogokaha (3 612)
  10. Zietinkaha (220)
  11. Tahouara (4 853)

Notes

  1. "Côte d'Ivoire". geohive.com. Retrieved 7 December 2015.
  2. "Le gouvernement ivoirien supprime 1126 communes, et maintient 197 pour renforcer sa politique de décentralisation en cours", news.abidjan.net, 7 March 2012.
  3. 1 2 "RGPH 2014, Répertoire des localités, Région Poro" (PDF). ins.ci. Retrieved 5 August 2019.


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