Bondoukou

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Bondoukou (Bonduku) is one of the fifty-eight departments of Côte d'Ivoire, located in the Zanzan Region. Its central town, also named Bondoukou, is the regional capital. Originally a Dyula trading center, the capital was conquered by the Abron, an Akan people, in the early seventeenth century; it soon became the economic hub of the Gyaaman kingdom. The city fell briefly to Samori in 1895 before being incorporated into French West Africa in 1897.

Today the city has a population of roughly 45,000 people.

[edit] References

• Muhammad, Akbar. The International Journal of African Historical Studies 10.2 (1977): 242-258.

[edit] External links

• Bondoukou 2000 site (French language)

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Departments of Côte d'Ivoire

Abengourou • Abidjan • Aboisso • Adiaké • Adzopé • Agboville • Agnibilékrou • Alépé • Bocanda • Bangolo • Béoumi • Biankouma • Bondoukou • Bongouanou • Bouaflé • Bouaké • Bouna • Boundiali • Dabakala • Dabou • Daloa • Danané • Daoukro • Dimbokro • Divo • Duékoué • Ferkessédougou • Gagnoa • Grand-Bassam • Grand-Lahou • Guiglo • Issia • Jacqueville • Katiola • Korhogo • Lakota • Man • Mankono • Mbahiakro • Odienné • Oumé • Sakassou • San Pédro • Sassandra • Séguéla • Sinfra • Soubré • Tabou • Tanda • Tiébissou • Tingréla • Tiassalé • Touba • Toulépleu • Toumodi • Vavoua • Yamoussoukro • Zuénoula