Bocanda | |
Settlement Type: | Town, sub-prefecture, and commune |
Pushpin Map: | Ivory Coast |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 300 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Ivory Coast |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | District |
Subdivision Name1: | Lacs |
Subdivision Type2: | Region |
Subdivision Name2: | N'Zi |
Subdivision Type3: | Department |
Subdivision Name3: | Bocanda |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Population As Of: | 2014 |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population Total: | 60183 |
Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
Timezone: | GMT |
Utc Offset: | +0 |
Coordinates: | 7.0667°N -34°W |
Bocanda is a town in east-central Ivory Coast. It is a sub-prefecture of and seat of Bocanda Department in N'Zi Region, Lacs District. Bocanda is also a commune.
The town has a small regional medical center, a mayor's office, an active marketplace, a petrol station, a high school, five primary schools, a Catholic church, several Protestant churches, and a mosque. The traditional residents are of the Baoulé tribe; however, there is also a large Dyula population.
In 2014, the population of the sub-prefecture of Bocanda was 60,183.[2]
The 56 villages of the sub-prefecture of Bocanda and their population in 2014 are:[2]