Minignan

Minignan (also spelled Maninian) is a town in north-western Ivory Coast. It is a sub-prefecture of and the seat of Minignan Department. It is also a commune and the seat of Folon Region in Denguélé District.

Minignan

Maninian
Town, sub-prefecture, and commune
Minignan
Location in Ivory Coast
Coordinates: 10°0′N 7°50′W
Country Ivory Coast
DistrictDenguélé
RegionFolon
DepartmentMinignan
Population
 (2014)[1]
 • Total14,521
Time zoneUTC+0 (GMT)

History

The French explorer René Caillié stopped at Minignan in 1827 on his journey from Boké, in present-day Guinea, to Timbuktu in Mali. He was travelling with a caravan transporting kola nuts to Djenné. He described the village in his book Travels through Central Africa to Timbuctoo.

We halted towards two o'clock at Manegnan [Minignan], a village inhabited by Bambaras; it contains about eight or nine hundred inhabitants; the natives call this part of the country Foulou, and like the Wassoulos they speak the Mandingo language; I did not perceive that they had any particular dialect. They are idolaters, or rather, they are without any religion; their food and clothes are like those of the inhabitants of Wassoulo; and they are equally dirty.[2][3]

In 2014, the population of the sub-prefecture of Minignan was 14,521.[4]

Villages

The 13 villages of the sub-prefecture of Minignan and their population in 2014 are:[4]

  1. Diandéguéla (1 007)
  2. Minignan (6 831)
  3. Bougoussa (678)
  4. Djérila (778)
  5. Djonrozo Somotou (498)
  6. Fanhanla (563)
  7. Gouenzou (901)
  8. Koriani (431)
  9. Linguékoro (209)
  10. Niamina (658)
  11. Sambadougou (397)
  12. Sokouraba (867)
  13. Tienny (703)

References
  1. "Côte d'Ivoire". geohive.com. Archived from the original on 24 November 2015. Retrieved 7 December 2015.
  2. Caillié, René (1830). Travels through Central Africa to Timbuctoo; and across the Great Desert, to Morocco, performed in the years 1824-1828 (Volume 1). London: Colburn & Bentley. pp. 307–308.
  3. Quella-Villéger, Alain (2012). René Caillié, l'Africain : une vie d'explorateur, 1799-1838 (in French). Anglet, France: Aubéron. p. 76. ISBN 978-2-84498-137-0.
  4. "RGPH 2014, Répertoire des localités, Région Folon" (PDF). ins.ci. Retrieved 5 August 2019.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.