Foungbesso

Town and sub-prefecture in Woroba, Ivory Coast

Foungbesso Foungouésso
Town and sub-prefecture
7°57′N 7°40′W / 7.950°N 7.667°W / 7.950; -7.667
Country	Ivory Coast
District	Woroba
Region	Bafing
Department	Touba
Population (2014)^[1]
• Total	18,033
Time zone	UTC+0 (GMT)

Foungbesso (also spelled Foungouésso) is a town in western Ivory Coast. It is a sub-prefecture of Touba Department in Bafing Region, Woroba District.

Foungbesso was a commune until March 2012, when it became one of 1126 communes nationwide that were abolished.^[2] In 2014, the population of the sub-prefecture of Foungbesso was 18,033.^[3]

Villages

The thirty five villages of the sub-prefecture of Foungbesso and their population in 2014 are

Bafingdalla (693)
Bakandesso (1,736)
Baniga (277)
Bémasso (115)
Boutisso (394)
Danduly (261)
Dépanon (395)
Dolla (1 174)
Douasso (321)
Fouenan (755)
Foungbesso (1,958)
Gasso (435)
Goh (670)
Gouana (557)
Gouékolo 1 (284)
Gouékolo 2 (137)
Gouéla (208)
Lawasso 2 (97)
Massasso (658)
N'gamonsso (449)
Niena (536)
Ohisso (236)
Singosso (216)
Sogbeni (875)
Sogbesso 2 (283)
Sokouralla Gouana (310)
Souatiesso (872)
Tiéfinisso (143)
Tiekourasso (242)
Tiemonisso (369)
Vahibasso (522)
Wagnangoro (642)
Yaala Fouenan (274)
Yamatoullo (723)
Zouandesso (216)

Notes

^ "Côte d'Ivoire". geohive.com. Retrieved 14 December 2015.
^ "Le gouvernement ivoirien supprime 1126 communes, et maintient 197 pour renforcer sa politique de décentralisation en cours", news.abidjan.net, 7 March 2012.
^ "RGPH 2014, Répertoire des localités, Région Bafing" (PDF). ins.ci. Retrieved 5 August 2019.