Daoukro

Daoukro is a town in east-central Ivory Coast. It is a sub-prefecture of and the seat of Daoukro Department. It is also the seat of Iffou Region in Lacs District. Daoukro is also a commune.

Daoukro
Town, sub-prefecture, and commune
Daoukro Location in Ivory Coast
Coordinates: 7°3′N 3°58′W[1]
Country	Ivory Coast
District	Lacs
Region	Iffou
Department	Daoukro
Area
• Total	863 km2 (333 sq mi)
Population  (2021 census)[2]
• Total	101,136
• Density	120/km2 (300/sq mi)
• Town	44,342[3]
	(2014 census)
Time zone	UTC+0 (GMT)

Administration

A law of 1978^[4] established 27 full-service municipalities in the territory of the country.

List of successive mayors

Date d'élection	Identité	Parti	Qualité	Statut
1980	Henri Konan Bédié	PDCI-RDA	Politician	elected
1985	Andoh Konan Jean	PDCI-RDA	Politician	elected
1990	Andoh Konan Jean	PDCI-RDA	Politician	elected
1995	Andoh Konan Jean	PDCI-RDA	Politician	elected
2001	Gnankou Konan	PDCI-RDA	Politician	elected

Demographics

Historical population of Daoukro

Year	1975	1988	2010	2014
Population	12 575	12 777	36 684[5]	73 134[6]

Education

Primary education Public EPP Application

Secondary education Public High School Modern High School Technical College Public College Modern College Modern College Ascension Modern College Ivoire Modern College Le Privilège College Mouhayé

Languages

Main article: Languages of Côte d'Ivoire

Nouchi
Native to	Ivory Coast
Language family	Indo-European Italic Romance Western Gallo-Romance Oïl French Nouchi
Language codes
ISO 639-3	None (mis)
Glottolog	nouc1234

Since independence, the official language throughout Ivory Coast has been French. The lingua franca, spoken and understood by the majority of the population, is Dioula, but the vernacular of the region is Baoulé. The French actually spoken in the region, as in Abidjan, is commonly called Ivorian Popular French or Moussa’s French^{[Note 1]} that is distinct from standard French pronunciation and also uses specific words, which makes it almost unintelligible to non-Ivorians.

Another form of spoken French is Nouchi, a slang spoken mainly by young people and which is also the language in which two satirical magazines are written, Gbich! and Y Fohi.

Since Daoukro Department receives many Ivorians from all over the country, all the vernacular languages of the country (about sixty) are practiced.

Sports

The city has two football clubs, the RFC Daoukro, finalist of the Cup of Cote d'Ivoire football in 2002, and AS Daoukro, which competes in the Division Regional Championship, the equivalent of a fourth-tier division^[7] Both teams play their home games at Daoukro Municipal Stadium. As in most cities, it is organized, informally, tournament football players to seven, very popular in Ivory Coast, are called Maracanas. In 2008, Daoukro was a city-stage of the Tour of White Gold: the stage was won by the Ivorian rider Balima Mahamadi.

Figures linked to the town

• Henri Konan Bédié (politician, President of the Republic of 1995 to 1999, chairman of PDCI-RDA)
• Gnamien N'goran (politician, Minister of Economy and Finance [fr] 1995-1999)
• Henriette Lagou, Minister of Social Action
• Lamine Konaté, representing RDR

Villages

The 18 villages of the sub-prefecture of Daoukro and their population in 2014 are.^[8]

1. Agni-Assikasso (2 798)
2. Anoumabo (2 323)
3. Assuéti (1 375)
4. Bénanou (1 736)
5. Dadiékro (693)
6. Daoukro (44 342)
7. Dengbé (1 523)
8. Kongoti (1 297)
9. Kouassi-Diétèkro (1 435)
10. Koutoukounou (1 089)
11. Abbo-Kénégny (528)
12. Allokokro (1 891)
13. Komenan-Yaokro (1 778)
14. Lagoukro (1 920)
15. Léki - Kouadiokro (1 539)
16. Lékikro (2 581)
17. N'guessankro (2 271)
18. Pepressou (2 015)