Tengréla (also spelled Tingréla) is a town in the far north of Ivory Coast near the border with Mali. It is a sub-prefecture and the seat of Tengréla Department in Bagoué Region, Savanes District. Tengréla is also a commune.
Tengréla
Tingréla | |
|---|---|
Town, sub-prefecture, and commune | |
  Tengréla Location in Ivory Coast | |
| Coordinates: 10°29′N 6°24′W / 10.483°N 6.400°W | |
| Country |  Ivory Coast |
| District | Savanes |
| Region | Bagoué |
| Department | Tengréla |
| Area | |
• Total | 1,150 km2 (440 sq mi) |
| Population (2021 census)[2] | |
• Total | 92,454 |
| • Density | 80/km2 (210/sq mi) |
| • Town | 40,323[1] |
| (2014 census) | |
| Time zone | UTC+0 (GMT) |
The French explorer René Caillié stopped at the settlement of Tengréla, which was then a large walled village, in January 1828 on his journey to Timbuktu. He was travelling with a caravan of 500 to 600 people and 80 donkeys transporting kola nuts. In his book Travels through Central Africa to Timbuctoo published in 1830, he spelled the name of the village as "Tangrera".[3][4]
The Mosquée de Tengréla, a small adobe mosque in the city possibly dating from the 17th century, was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 2021 along with other mosques in the region for its outstanding representation of Sudano-Sahelian architecture.[5]
In 2021, the population of the sub-prefecture of Tengréla was 92,454.[2]
Villages
editThe 28 villages of the sub-prefecture of Tengréla and their population in 2014 are:[6]
- Bolona (5,531)
- Bougoula (196)
- Danzourou (852)
- Daraniani (440)
- Diamankani (3,462)
- Djoguinasso (195)
- Dougba (1,653)
- Dougba2 (691)
- Feni (2,152)
- Fimbiasso (924)
- Flabougou (774)
- Kotou (689)
- M'basso (561)
- M'bele (2,718)
- Maniasso (1,139)
- Missasso (250)
- Naniasso (801)
- Neguepie (3,947)
- Nigouni (989)
- San (5,320)
- Sorokoumo (834)
- Tamania (937)
- Tengrela (40,323)
- Tialaka (680)
- Tiebi (1,128)
- Tiempa (684)
- Tienderime (630)
- Zelesso (2,387)
Notes
edit- ^ Citypopulation.de Population of cities & localities in Ivory Coast
- ^ a b Citypopulation.de Population of the regions and sub-prefectures of Ivory Coast
- ^ Caillié 1830, pp. 379-388.
- ^ Viguier 2008, p. 27.
- ^ "Sudanese style mosques in northern Côte d'Ivoire". UNESCO World Heritage Centre. United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization. Retrieved 5 September 2021.
- ^ "RGPH 2014, Répertoire des localités, Région Bagoué" (PDF). ins.ci. Retrieved 5 August 2019.
References
edit- 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.
- Viguier, Pierre (2008). Sur les Traces de René Caillié: Le Mali de 1828 Revisité. Versailles, France: Quae. ISBN 978-2-7592-0271-3..