Bouandougou is a town in central

Ivory Coast Ivory Coast, also known as Côte d'Ivoire, officially the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire, is a country on the southern coast of West Africa. Its capital is Yamoussoukro, in the centre of the country, while its largest city and economic centre is ...

. It is a

sub-prefecture A subprefecture is an administrative division of a country that is below prefecture or province. Albania There are twelve Albanian counties or prefectures, each of which is divided into several districts, sometimes translated as subprefecture ...

Mankono Department Mankono Department is a department of Béré Region in Woroba District, Ivory Coast. In 2021, its population was 271,894 and its seat is the settlement of Mankono. The sub-prefectures of the department are Bouandougou, Mankono, Marandallah, Sar ...

Béré Region Béré Region (originally known as Koyadougou Region) is one of the 31 regions of Ivory Coast. Since its establishment in 2011, it has been one of three regions in Woroba District. The seat of the region is Mankono and the region's population in th ...

Woroba District Woroba District (french: District du Woroba) is one of 14 administrative districts of Ivory Coast. It is in the northeast part of the country. Its capital is Séguéla. Creation Woroba District was created in a 2011 administrative reorganisation ...

. Bouandougou was a

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until March 2012, when it became one of 1126 communes nationwide that were abolished."Le gouvernement ivoirien supprime 1126 communes, et maintient 197 pour renforcer sa politique de décentralisation en cours"
''news.abidjan.net'', 7 March 2012. In 2014, the population of the sub-prefecture of Bouandougou was 35,671.

Villages

The twenty one villages of the sub-prefecture of Bouandougou and their population in 2014 are:

Notes

Sub-prefectures of Béré Region Former communes of Ivory Coast {{Woroba-geo-stub