Tougbo Explained

Tougbo
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:Bounkani
Subdivision Type3:Department
Subdivision Name3:Téhini
Unit Pref:Metric
Population As Of:2014
Population Footnotes:[1]
Population Total:14693
Population Blank1 Title:Ethnicities
Timezone:GMT
Utc Offset:+0
Coordinates:9.7667°N -12°W

Tougbo is a town in northeastern Ivory Coast. It is a sub-prefecture of Téhini Department in Bounkani Region, Zanzan District.

Tougbo 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 Tougbo was 14,693.[3]

The settlement is home to a large refugee population displaced by the Jihadist insurgency in Burkina Faso.[4]

Villages

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

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 Bounkani. ins.ci. 5 August 2019.
  4. Web site: AfricaNews. January 27, 2022. A new start in Ivory Coast for Burkinabe refugees fleeing jihadists. 2022-02-02. Africanews. en.