Logoualé | |
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: | Montagnes |
Subdivision Type2: | Region |
Subdivision Name2: | Tonkpi |
Subdivision Type3: | Department |
Subdivision Name3: | Man |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Area Total Km2: | 200 |
Population As Of: | 2021 census |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population Note: | (2014 census) |
Population Total: | 32854 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Population Blank1 Title: | Town |
Population Blank1: | 12425 |
Population Blank2 Title: | Ethnicities |
Timezone: | GMT |
Utc Offset: | +0 |
Coordinates: | 7.1167°N -40°W |
Logoualé is a town in western Ivory Coast. It is a sub-prefecture and commune of Man Department in Tonkpi Region, Montagnes District.
In 2021, the population of the sub-prefecture of Logoualé was 32,854.[1]
The fifteen villages of the sub-prefecture of Logoualé and their population in 2014 are:[2]
On Feb. 28, 2005, the village was attacked during the First Ivorian Civil War by pro-government militias. The French army estimated forty to fifty were killed in the attack, mostly militiamen, while the UN placed the death toll at twenty eight. Eighty seven militiamen were captured by Bangladeshi peacekeeping troops in the days following the attack.[3]
The attack flamed intercommunal tensions in the following weeks, leading to dozens of deaths and 13 000 people being internally displaced.[4]