Marabadiassa
Town and sub-prefecture in Vallée du Bandama, Ivory Coast
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Marabadiassa is a town in central Ivory Coast. It is a sub-prefecture of Béoumi Department in Gbêkê Region, Vallée du Bandama District. The town sits less than one kilometre south of the border of Woroba District.
Ivory CoastMarabadiassa | |
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Town and sub-prefecture | |
  Marabadiassa Location in Ivory Coast | |
| Coordinates: 8°6′N 5°26′W | |
| Country | Ivory Coast |
| District | Vallée du Bandama |
| Region | Gbêkê |
| Department | Béoumi |
| Population (2014)[1] | |
• Total | 6,640 |
| Time zone | UTC+0 (GMT) |
Marabadiassa was a commune until March 2012, when it became one of 1,126 communes nationwide that were abolished.[2]
In 2014, the population of the sub-prefecture of Marabadiassa was 6,640.[3]
History
The town was originally named Tufan, and was an important stop on the dry-season trade route linking Sikasso with Bonduku. In the early 19th century, a Hausa caravan was ambushed by a local chief. The mallam of the caravan, Sulemanu, who had his holy books stolen, organized the local Hausa population to take over Tufan and turn it into a base for their protection and raids into the surrounding area. It came to be called Marabadiassa, meansing 'Hausa town' in Bambara.[4]
Villages
The nine villages of the sub-prefecture of Marabadiassa and their population in 2014 are
- Allokokro (501)
- Blimplo (314)
- Goli-Maya (1,417)
- Kpetessou (222)
- Mangoua-Okoukro (601)
- Marabadjassa (2,289)
- Plikro (511)
- Toudjan 1 (274)
- Toudjan 2 (511)
