Bongo, Ivory Coast Explained

Bongo
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:Comoé
Subdivision Type2:Region
Subdivision Name2:Sud-Comoé
Subdivision Type3:Department
Subdivision Name3:Grand-Bassam
Unit Pref:Metric
Population As Of:2014
Population Footnotes:[1]
Population Total:25052
Population Blank1 Title:Ethnicities
Timezone:GMT
Utc Offset:+0
Coordinates:5.4833°N -37°W

Bongo is a town in south-eastern Ivory Coast. It is a sub-prefecture of Grand-Bassam Department in Sud-Comoé Region, Comoé District.

Bongo was a commune until March 2012, when it became one of 1126 communes nationwide that were abolished. It is in fact a gathering of four different villages. The division is based on the will of the well-known rubber company, SAPH, to set dwelling places for its workers. Among the villages, there are Bongo, which comprises V1, and Bongo-Village (V1 and Bongo-Village form one place), V2, commonly known as Point d'Eau (because of the brook flowing through it), and V3, named G12 (because of its geographic location between the 25 hectares of rubber trees identified as G11 and the other 25 hectares of rubber trees identified as G13). The fourth village is CU (Centre Usine). That name is due to the fact that the rubber transformation factory is located in this village. CU is commonly known as Dragage.[2]

In 2014, the population of the sub-prefecture of Bongo was 25,052.[3]

Villages

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

  1. Akroaba-Akoudjékoa (2 906)
  2. Akroaba-Béniékoa (843)
  3. Bongo (4 033)
  4. Bongo Saph (5 495)
  5. Kimoukro (1 172)
  6. Onosalci (5 165)
  7. Ono 14 (2 116)
  8. Wéhou (3 322)

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Côte d'Ivoire. geohive.com. 8 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 Sud-Comoé. ins.ci. 5 August 2019.