Goulaleu Explained

Goulaleu
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:Montagnes
Subdivision Type2:Region
Subdivision Name2:Tonkpi
Subdivision Type3:Department
Subdivision Name3:Zouan-Hounien
Unit Pref:Metric
Population As Of:2014
Population Footnotes:[1]
Population Total:20479
Population Blank1 Title:Ethnicities
Timezone:GMT
Utc Offset:+0
Coordinates:6.7°N -30°W

Goulaleu is a town in the far west of Ivory Coast. It is a sub-prefecture of Zouan-Hounien Department in Tonkpi Region, Montagnes District. The town is five kilometres east of the border with Liberia.

Goulaleu 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 Goulaleu was 20,479.[3]

Villages

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

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Côte d'Ivoire. geohive.com. 7 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 Tonkpi. ins.ci. 5 August 2019.