Bengassou (also spelled Bingassou) is a town in east-central Ivory Coast. It is a sub-prefecture of Bocanda Department in N'Zi Region, Lacs District.

Bengassou
Bingassou
Bengassou is located in Ivory Coast
Bengassou
Bengassou
Location in Ivory Coast
Coordinates: 6°47′N 4°29′W / 6.783°N 4.483°W / 6.783; -4.483
Country Ivory Coast
DistrictLacs
RegionN'Zi
DepartmentBocanda
Population
 (2014)[1]
 • Total22,891
Time zoneUTC+0 (GMT)

Bengassou 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 Bengassou was 22,891.[3]

Villages edit

The 24 villages of the sub-prefecture of Bengassou and their population in 2014 are:[3]

  1. Agbanan-Yakro (727)
  2. Alloko-Kouakoukro (593)
  3. Allokokro (224)
  4. Assandeinkro (655)
  5. Assika- N'ziblekro (1 848)
  6. Assika-Ettienkro (1 047)
  7. Assika-Kayabo (1 158)
  8. Beboussou (957)
  9. Bengassou (2 539)
  10. Boni-Kouassikro (875)
  11. Brou-Ahoussoukro (1 901)
  12. Deblekro (488)
  13. Djinandjikro (286)
  14. Esse-Kokokro (1 162)
  15. Esse-Yakro (602)
  16. Essui-Koffikro (315)
  17. Kongonouan (1 160)
  18. Kouakou-Broukro (370)
  19. N'gassokro (1 157)
  20. Plioua (497)
  21. Tchimoukro (2 659)
  22. Tokpa-N'drikro (1 134)
  23. Tokro (241)
  24. Toumounou 1 (296)

References edit

  1. ^ "Côte d'Ivoire". geohive.com. Retrieved 9 December 2015.
  2. ^ "Le gouvernement ivoirien supprime 1126 communes, et maintient 197 pour renforcer sa politique de décentralisation en cours", news.abidjan.net, 7 March 2012.
  3. ^ a b "RGPH 2014, Répertoire des localités, Région N'Zi" (PDF). ins.ci. Retrieved 5 August 2019.