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