Bondoukou

Coordinates: 8°2′N 2°48′W / 8.033°N 2.800°W / 8.033; -2.800
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Bondoukou
Bonduku; Bontuku
City,
GMT
)
Region around Bondoukou town, showing international border in red, c. 1957.
Map of Bondoukou in 1892

Bondoukou (var. Bonduku, Bontuku) is a city in northeastern

Gontougo Region. It is also a commune and the seat of and a sub-prefecture of Bondoukou Department
.

Bondoukou is situated near the border with Ghana, just across the border from the Ghanaian town of Sampa. The city lies at the junction of the main A1 highway, with roads to Sorobango to the north and Ghana to the east.

History

Bighu was abandoned according to Bakewell, "as a result of bitter internecine struggles." Bonduku became the "premier settlement of the Bighu Juula after the collapse of the older town." "This town was established by the major part of the inhabitants of Bego...the Hausa have given it the name of Bitu...regarding it as simply having changed its location."[5]

Originally a

PDCI-RDA government. On the dividing line between government and rebel zones of control during the Ivorian Civil War, Bondoukou became the main north-eastern base of the United Nations Operation in Côte d'Ivoire (ONUCI).[7]

Population

In the 2014 census, the city had a population of 117,453.

Samori
's headquarters, the old market building which houses the "Bondoukou Museum of Art and Traditions" ("Musée des Arts et des Traditions"), and the Limamisso and Kamagaya mosques. Outside the old town, major neighbourhoods include "Mont Zanzan", "Lycée", "TP", and "Camp Militaire."

Outside the town, historic sites include an

Nafaanra, Koulango, and Lobi
.

Administration

In 1978[15] Bondoukou was made one of the 27 communes de plein exercice or self-governing towns in the nation. In the 2011 reorganisation of the subdivisions of Ivory Coast, Bondoukou became a sub-prefecture.

List of Mayors
Date of Election Name Party
1980 Fétigué Koulibaly
PDCI-RDA
1985 Yaya Ouattara
PDCI-RDA
1990 Lamine Ouattara
PDCI-RDA
1995 Félix Kouakou Dapa
PDCI-RDA
2001 Félix Kouakou Dapa
PDCI-RDA

Services

The town is home to several schools (from primary to post-secondary), a regional hospital and an

IATA code
BDK. In 2014, the population of the sub-prefecture of Bondoukou was 117,453.[16]

Villages

The twenty eight villages of the sub-prefecture of Bondoukou and their population in 2014 are:[16]

  1. Bondoukou (88 783)
  2. Goli (434)
  3. Motiamo (1 779)
  4. Ouélékéi (1 174)
  5. Sanguéi (566)
  6. Soko (6 501)
  7. Songori (1 432)
  8. Abéma (566)
  9. Assouangui (271)
  10. Bodem (156)
  11. Boromba (3 070)
  12. Ganhimi (755)
  13. Gbagnagassié (321)
  14. Gbaki (271)
  15. Gbokoré-Pinango (336)
  16. Guimini (347)
  17. Kiendi-Ba (1 437)
  18. Kouassi-N'dawa (1 654)
  19. Nagabaré-Gboko (505)
  20. Pougouvagne (501)
  21. Sabi (463)
  22. Sama (151)
  23. Séréoudé (2 461)
  24. Similibi (571)
  25. Sipa (739)
  26. Sogobo (622)
  27. Témogossié (860)
  28. Tissié (727)

Climate

Climate data for Bondoukou
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) 33.7
(92.7) 		35.0
(95.0) 		34.5
(94.1) 		32.8
(91.0) 		31.6
(88.9) 		29.5
(85.1) 		27.9
(82.2) 		27.6
(81.7) 		28.7
(83.7) 		30.5
(86.9) 		32.0
(89.6) 		32.2
(90.0) 		31.3
(88.3)
Daily mean °C (°F) 26.4
(79.5) 		28.0
(82.4) 		28.2
(82.8) 		27.5
(81.5) 		26.6
(79.9) 		25.2
(77.4) 		24.3
(75.7) 		24.0
(75.2) 		24.3
(75.7) 		25.3
(77.5) 		26.0
(78.8) 		25.5
(77.9) 		25.9
(78.6)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) 19.6
(67.3) 		21.6
(70.9) 		22.5
(72.5) 		22.5
(72.5) 		22.2
(72.0) 		21.3
(70.3) 		20.9
(69.6) 		20.7
(69.3) 		20.7
(69.3) 		20.9
(69.6) 		21.1
(70.0) 		19.7
(67.5) 		21.1
(70.0)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 7.9
(0.31) 		26.9
(1.06) 		92.3
(3.63) 		123.7
(4.87) 		156.1
(6.15) 		160.2
(6.31) 		96.5
(3.80) 		90.0
(3.54) 		175.1
(6.89) 		130.5
(5.14) 		31.6
(1.24) 		11.1
(0.44) 		1,101.9
(43.38)
Mean monthly sunshine hours 227.0 221.0 212.9 205.4 207.0 157.7 111.4 90.4 118.7 186.5 196.6 202.9 2,137.5
Source: NOAA[17]

Rural ethnic conflict

The 1990s and 2000s saw periodic ethnic conflict between the Bondoukou

Bouna Department. Conflicts between the two ethnic groups date from at least 1993, when clashes erupted over attempts by Lobi pastoralists to resettle in the area.[19] Clashes and counter clashes have killed several dozen people in the villages of Abouabou, Gonzaqueville, and Marahui with escalations taking place during the Ivorian Civil War in 2002 and in 2008.[20]
The informal ceasefire line of the Civil War ran through Bondoukou Department, leaving most of Zanzan (excluding Bouna Department) under central government control.


Notable people

References

  1. ^ "Ivory Coast Cities Longitude & Latitude". sphereinfo.com. Archived from the original on 13 September 2012. Retrieved 18 November 2010.
  2. ^ Citypopulation.de Population of cities & localities in Ivory Coast
  3. ^ Citypopulation.de Population of the regions and sub-prefectures of Ivory Coast
  4. ^ Conflit foncier dans le nord ivoirien : 8 morts et 21 blessés. Places Bondoukou 424 km NE of capitol. APA : 8/9/2008
  5. ^ Wilks,Ivor. Wangara, Akan, and Portuguese in the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Centuries (1997). Bakewell, Peter (ed.). Mines of Silver and Gold in the Americas. Aldershot: Variorum, Ashgate Publishing Limited. p. 17.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  6. ^ Le royaume Abron de Bondoukou, retrieved 2008-09-10
  7. ^ Bondoukou, Cote d'Ivoire, reflections of UN Worker, 2008.
  8. ^ "Côte d'Ivoire". geohive.com. Retrieved 5 December 2015.
  9. ^ bondoukou2000 website, retrieved 2008-09-10.
  10. ^ As these neighbourhoods are important for the traditional parades, they are detailed in Arnut, pp. 121-150.
  11. ^ "la ville aux mille mosquées" bondoukou2000 website
  12. African Online Digital Library
  13. ^ Drinking the Word of God, 2002
  14. ^ Karel Arnaut, Performing displacements and rephrasing attachments. Ethnographic explorations of mobility in art, ritual, media, and politics Archived 2009-03-19 at the Wayback Machine. Chapter II: 'Sakaraboutou is a Bondoukou custom': an investigation into ritual spaces and performative positions. pp.115-202, Doctoral Dissertation, University of Ghet (2004).
    "la ville aux mille mosquées" bondoukou2000 website & Traditions on the same site.
  15. ^ Loi no 78-07 du 9 janvier 1978
  16. ^ a b "RGPH 2014, Répertoire des localités, Région Gontougo" (PDF). ins.ci. Retrieved 5 August 2019.
  17. ^ "Bondoukou Climate Normals 1961–1990". National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Retrieved March 8, 2015.
  18. ^ Ethnologue code "kzc"
  19. ^ Ethnic violence flares up in Ivory Coast, IOL News, September 08 2008.
  20. ^ Côte d’Ivoire – Land dispute. Land dispute leaves 8 dead, 21 injured in northern Côte d’Ivoire[permanent dead link], APA news 8 September 2008

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