Santa, Woroba Explained

Santa
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:Woroba
Subdivision Type2:Region
Subdivision Name2:Bafing
Subdivision Type3:Department
Subdivision Name3:Ouaninou
Unit Pref:Metric
Population As Of:2014
Population Footnotes:[1]
Population Total:9357
Population Blank1 Title:Ethnicities
Utc Offset:+0
Coordinates:8.2667°N -12°W

Santa is a town in the far west of Ivory Coast. It is a sub-prefecture of Ouaninou Department in Bafing Region, Woroba District.

Santa 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 Santa was 9,357.[3]

Villages

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

  1. Drodougou (428)
  2. Gbagbadougou (236)
  3. Gondodougou (503)
  4. Gouékro (1 282)
  5. Kossagui (528)
  6. Kpoho 2 (857)
  7. Kpoho 3 (634)
  8. Nianlé (202)
  9. Santa (2 691)
  10. Séfesso (980)
  11. Zabanagoro (1 016)

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Côte d'Ivoire. geohive.com. 14 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 Bafing. ins.ci. 5 August 2019.