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Papara, Ivory Coast

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Town in Ivory Coast, near Mali border Town and sub-prefecture in Savanes, Ivory Coast
Papara
Town and sub-prefecture
Papara is located in Ivory CoastPaparaPaparaLocation in Ivory Coast
Coordinates: 10°37′N 6°15′W / 10.617°N 6.250°W / 10.617; -6.250
Country Ivory Coast
DistrictSavanes
RegionBagoué
DepartmentTengréla
Population
 • Total8,866
Time zoneUTC+0 (GMT)

Papara is a town in the far north of Ivory Coast. It is a sub-prefecture of Tengréla Department in Bagoué Region, Savanes District. A border crossing with Mali is three kilometres east of town. Papara is the northernmost sub-prefecture in Ivory Coast.

Papara was a commune until March 2012, when it became one of 1126 communes nationwide that were abolished.

In 2014, the population of the sub-prefecture of Papara was 8,866.

Villages

The 11 villages of the sub-prefecture of Papara and their population in 2014 are:

  1. Basso (126)
  2. Doubasso (621)
  3. Kapegue (391)
  4. Kokari (352)
  5. Kolonza (883)
  6. Koulousson (1 069)
  7. Papara (2 264)
  8. Ziekoundougou (128)
  9. Iribasso (505)
  10. Tiongoli (988)
  11. Zanasso (1 539)

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. ^ "RGPH 2014, Répertoire des localités, Région Bagoué" (PDF). ins.ci. Retrieved 5 August 2019.
Ivory Coast Departments and sub-prefectures of Bagoué Region, Savanes District
Regional seat: Boundiali
Boundiali Department
Kouto Department
Tengréla Department
* also a commune
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