Sorobango Explained

Sorobango
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:Zanzan
Subdivision Type2:Region
Subdivision Name2:Gontougo
Subdivision Type3:Department
Subdivision Name3:Bondoukou
Unit Pref:Metric
Population As Of:2014
Population Footnotes:[1]
Population Total:27744
Population Blank1 Title:Ethnicities
Timezone:GMT
Utc Offset:+0
Coordinates:8.1667°N -45°W

Sorobango is a town in northeastern Ivory Coast, near the border of Ghana. It is a sub-prefecture of Bondoukou Department in Gontougo Region, Zanzan District. The sub-prefecture extends further east than any other sub-prefecture in the country.

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

Sorobango is known for its adobe mosque, built in the 17th or 18th century. Along with other mosques in northern Ivory Coast, it was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 2021 for its outstanding representation of Sudano-Sahelian architecture.[3]

In 2014, the population of the sub-prefecture of Sorobango was 27,744.[4]

Villages

The twenty villages of the sub-prefecture of Sorobango and their population in 2014 are:[4]

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: Sudanese style mosques in northern Côte d’Ivoire . UNESCO World Heritage Centre . United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization . 5 September 2021.
  4. Web site: RGPH 2014, Répertoire des localités, Région Gontougo. ins.ci. 5 August 2019.