Bondoukou Department
Bondoukou is one of the 58 departments of the Ivory Coast and is located in the northeast of the country.
Structure
Together with the departments of Tanda and Bouna forms Bondoukou the Zanzan region. In this case, the department itself divided into the four provinces Pinango, Foumassa, Akidom and Ahinifié, each with its own Provincial Board. The district has two registered communities, on the one hand Bondoukou, which is the regional capital and the municipality Sandégué, and 20 other small communities. Subprefectures Bondoukous are Bondoukou (city), Sorobango, Taoudi, Sandégué, Sapli - Sépingo, Laoudi - Bâ, Bondo, Yorobodi, Dimandougou, Tabagne and Gouméré.
Geography
The department Bondoukou bordered to the north by the Département de Bouna, on the east by the Republic of Ghana, on the south by the Département de Tanda and to the west by the departments of Dabakala and M'Bahiakro, from which it is separated by the river Comoé. The distance to the business capital Abidjan is 424 km.
The area is 9972 km ² Bondoukous with a population of 338 501 ( 1975-296551 ).
Climate and vegetation
The rainy season Bondoukous is in July. The vegetation is determined by vast grasslands of the typical of the Guinea- Sudan area, Savannah.
Population
The population Bondoukous is composed of different ethno- cultural groups that differ according to geographic and / or linguistic origins. The most important here is the ethnicity of the Kulango. Other historical groups are the Abron, Lobi, Jula, Nafana, Dêgha and Djimini. In modern times, immigrants came from Ghana, Benin, Togo, Niger, Nigeria, Burkina Faso, Senegal, Mali and Lebanon in addition to the population Bondoukous.
History
The population Bondoukous consists largely of four ethno- cultural groups that immigrated to the region between the 16th and 19th centuries. In the 16th century came from regions north of the Ivory Coast, the people of the Kulango first mainly in today's department Buona; later they settled the entire area between the river and the river Volta Noire Comoé, where they represent the majority of the population today. A second group, the Lobi, which are like the Kulango voltaischem origin, added in the 19th century the dominant position of the Kulango. From the northwest the Nafana came in the 17th century from the group of Senufo, followed by the Malinke and the Djamala, after Bondoukou. Its members were mainly specialized in gold trading and processing.
Around 1660 founded the Diula ( originating in Niger) in Bondoukou a commercial, as well as a religious center, which they connected to their trade routes between the Niger Valley and the area of Akan in the southeast. Was from the southeast between the 16th and 17th centuries, the people of the Abron, pushed by the expansion of Aschantireiches to Ghana in the region Bondoukous. Here they built a powerful kingdom, which should be known for its special political organization and military strength. Of the Kulango they conquered it and the districts Nassian Barabo and led several further attacks on the then kingdom of Bouna. Like the Abron had the members of the ethnic groups of the Agni Bona and the Bini a century later from Ghana, due to disputes with the Ashanti, flee. However, through countless wars, the Abron were able their supremacy over their neighbors to secure.
From the north of Ghana finally came the last representatives of the voltaic culture group Dêgha after Bondoukou, or Zanzan in the 19th century. From the first settlements on the territory of Bondoukou starting, stretched each of the ethnic groups their territory further inland from. This was done mainly to open up new hunting grounds, bringing gold mines under their own control, or to create new plantations.
Religion
Bondoukou is the seat of the diocese Bondoukou.
Economy
Important for Bondoukou is agriculture, consisting of agriculture and animal husbandry. In the region of yams ( 220,000 tonnes per year) is mainly grown that much of the population is used as a food base. Other products are peanuts, maize, sorghum, millet, cassava, rice, coffee and cocoa.
In addition, mining activity; mainly while bauxite and manganese are encouraged. Traces can also find gold.
Apart from a sawmill other forms of industry in the department Bondoukou are virtually non-existent.
Infrastructure
In the area of the department Bondoukou are 244 (including 6 private ) elementary schools, 10 (including 6 private ) secondary schools and an academy. The public secondary schools are located in Bondoukou (city), Tabagne and Sandégué. A hospital, 52 health centers and four pharmacies listed for the healthcare industry. The health centers are divided here in Centres de Santé Urbain (CSU ), Centres de Santé Rurale ( CSR), Centre de Traitement ambulatoire (CTA ), infirmary Générale, Formations Sanitaires Privées (FSP ), Institut National de l' Hygiène Publique ( INHP ) and various dispensaries Ruraux ( Di.R. ) et Urbain ( Di.U. ).
The only airport of the district is the Soko Airport at Bondoukou city. It has a 1,500 m airstrip. ( ICAO: DIBU, IATA code: BDK )
36 of the 218 villages are connected to the national electricity grid.
In the telecommunications sector Bondoukou is operated on the national landlines, CI - Télécom, connected. The mobile network is provided by the suppliers Orange, MTN and Moov available.