Bougou Explained

Bougou
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:Savanes
Subdivision Type2:Region
Subdivision Name2:Poro
Subdivision Type3:Department
Subdivision Name3:M'Bengué
Unit Pref:Metric
Population As Of:2014
Population Footnotes:[1]
Population Total:14160
Population Blank1 Title:Ethnicities
Timezone:GMT
Utc Offset:+0
Coordinates:10.2167°N -57°W

Bougou is a town in the far north of Ivory Coast. It is a sub-prefecture of M'Bengué Department in Poro Region, Savanes District. Five kilometres northwest of town is a border crossing with Mali.

Bougou 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 Bougou was 14,160.[3]

Villages

The 6 villages of the sub-prefecture of Bougou and their population in 2014 are:[3]

  1. Bougou (3 583)
  2. Loulo (2 729)
  3. M'brigue (4 151)
  4. N'gandana (2 128)
  5. Nongon (952)
  6. Tehekaha (617)

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Côte d'Ivoire. geohive.com. 11 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 Poro. ins.ci. 5 August 2019.