Boron, Ivory Coast

Town and sub-prefecture in Savanes, Ivory Coast
8°42′N 5°58′W / 8.700°N 5.967°W / 8.700; -5.967Country Ivory CoastDistrictSavanesRegionPoroDepartmentDikodougouPopulation
 (2014)[1]
 • Total24,239Time zoneUTC+0 (GMT)

Boron is a town in north-central Ivory Coast. It is a sub-prefecture of Dikodougou Department in Poro Region, Savanes District. The town sits just northeast of the border of Woroba District.

Boron 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 Boron was 24,239.[3]

Villages

The 6 villages of the sub-prefecture of Boron and their population in 2014 are:[3]

  1. Bissidougou (2 309)
  2. Boron (6 135)
  3. Farakoro (3 270)
  4. Gbondougou (2 294)
  5. Marha (5 502)
  6. Ouattaradougou (4 729)

Notes

  1. ^ "Côte d'Ivoire". geohive.com. Retrieved 11 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 Poro" (PDF). ins.ci. Retrieved 5 August 2019.
Stub icon

This Savanes District location article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

  • v
  • t
  • e