Bengassou Explained

Bengassou
Other Name:Bingassou
Settlement Type:Town and sub-prefecture
Pushpin Map:Ivory Coast
Pushpin Label Position:bottom
Pushpin Mapsize:300
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Ivory Coast
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:District
Subdivision Name1:Lacs
Subdivision Type2:Region
Subdivision Name2:N'Zi
Subdivision Type3:Department
Subdivision Name3:Bocanda
Unit Pref:Metric
Population As Of:2014
Population Footnotes:[1]
Population Total:22891
Population Blank1 Title:Ethnicities
Timezone:GMT
Utc Offset:+0
Coordinates:6.7833°N -33°W

Bengassou (also spelled Bingassou) is a town in east-central Ivory Coast. It is a sub-prefecture of Bocanda Department in N'Zi Region, Lacs District.

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

In 2014, the population of the sub-prefecture of Bengassou was 22,891.[3]

Villages

The 24 villages of the sub-prefecture of Bengassou and their population in 2014 are:[3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Côte d'Ivoire. geohive.com. 9 December 2015.
  2. http://news.abidjan.net/h/428492.html "Le gouvernement ivoirien supprime 1126 communes, et maintient 197 pour renforcer sa politique de décentralisation en cours"
  3. Web site: RGPH 2014, Répertoire des localités, Région N'Zi. ins.ci. 5 August 2019.