Bégbessou is a town in central

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

. 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 subprefectures. ...

of Bouaflé Department in Marahoué Region,

Sassandra-Marahoué District Sassandra-Marahoué District (, ) is one of fourteen administrative districts of Ivory Coast. The district is located in the central part of the country. The capital of the district is Daloa. Creation Sassandra-Marahoué District was created in a ...

. The town is approximately five kilometres away from Lake Kossou. Bégbessou was a commune 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 Bégbessou was 19,787.

Villages

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

Notes

Sub-prefectures of Marahoué Former communes of Ivory Coast {{Sassandra-Marahoué-geo-stub