Tougbo

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Tougbo
Town and sub-prefecture
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Tougbo
Location in Ivory Coast
Coordinates: 9°46′N4°8′W / 9.767°N 4.133°W / 9.767; -4.133
CountryFlag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg Ivory Coast
District Zanzan
Region Bounkani
Department Téhini
Population
 (2014) [1]
  Total
14,693
Time zone UTC+0 (GMT)

Tougbo is a town in northeastern Ivory Coast. It is a sub-prefecture of Téhini Department in Bounkani Region, Zanzan District.

Tougbo was a commune until March 2012, when it became one of 1,126 communes nationwide that were abolished. [2]

In 2014, the population of the sub-prefecture of Tougbo was 14,693. [3]

The settlement is home to a large refugee population displaced by the Jihadist insurgency in Burkina Faso. [4]

Villages

The thirty four villages of the sub-prefecture of Tougbo and their population in 2014 are: [3]

  1. Batédi-Nord (168)
  2. Bavé (771)
  3. Bembéla (50)
  4. Bidolotédouo (359)
  5. Binintira (216)
  6. Bolé (1,430)
  7. Didassokoura (222)
  8. Djounoudouo (388)
  9. Farako 1 (75)
  10. Farako 2 (204)
  11. Gandé (110)
  12. Gangoyou (365)
  13. Gnagbata (260)
  14. Gningnora (240)
  15. Kalan (420)
  16. Kalana-Bawé (623)
  17. Karamokodjan (95)
  18. Koffidouo (215)
  19. Kouloumitan (415)
  20. Lénagnora (588)
  21. Lorogbo (163)
  22. Midana (179)
  23. Moro-Moro (1,185)
  24. Moussokantou (246)
  25. Ollodouo (306)
  26. Ouango-Fitini (108)
  27. Ouango-Koroho (606)
  28. Saota-Sokoro (440)
  29. Sessegbo (45)
  30. Tchohounin (116)
  31. Tobinko (89)
  32. Tougbo (2,804)
  33. Toungbawiri (580)
  34. Touta (612)

Notes

  1. "Côte d'Ivoire". geohive.com. Retrieved 14 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 Bounkani" (PDF). ins.ci. Retrieved 5 August 2019.
  4. AfricaNews (January 27, 2022). "A new start in Ivory Coast for Burkinabe refugees fleeing jihadists". Africanews. Retrieved 2022-02-02.