Sorobango is a town in northeastern
Ivory Coast. It is a
sub-prefecture of
Bondoukou Department
Bondoukou Department is a Departments of Ivory Coast, department of Gontougo Region in Zanzan District, Ivory Coast. In 2021, its population was 453,841 and its seat is the settlement of Bondoukou. The sub-prefectures of Ivory Coast, sub-prefecture ...
in
Gontougo Region
Gontougo Region is one of the 31 regions of Ivory Coast. Since its establishment in 2011, it has been one of two regions in Zanzan District. The seat of the region is Bondoukou and the region's population in the 2021 census was 917,828.
Gontougo ...
,
Zanzan District
Zanzan District (french: District du Zanzan) is one of fourteen administrative districts of Ivory Coast. The district is located in the northeast of the country. The capital of the district is Bondoukou.
Creation
Zanzan District was created in ...
. The sub-prefecture extends further east than any other sub-prefecture in the country.
Sorobango was a
commune
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Administrative-territorial entities
* Commune (administrative division), a municipality or township
** Communes of ...
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.
Sorobango is known for its adobe mosque, built in the 17th or 18th century. Along with other mosques in northern Ivory Coast, it was inscribed on the UNESCO
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World Heritage List
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in 2021 for its outstanding representation of Sudano-Sahelian architecture
Sudano-Sahelian architecture refers to a range of similar indigenous architectural styles common to the African peoples of the Sahel and Sudanian grassland (geographical) regions of West Africa, south of the Sahara, but north of the fertile for ...
.
Villages
The twenty villages of the sub-prefecture of Sorobango and their population in 2014 are:[
]
Notes
Sub-prefectures of Gontougo
Former communes of Ivory Coast
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