Daoukro

Nouchi
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

Daoukro
Daoukro
Town, sub-prefecture, and commune
	Daoukro Location in Ivory Coast
	Coordinates: 7°3′N 3°58′W / 7.050°N 3.967°W
Country	Ivory Coast
District	Lacs
Region	Iffou
Department	Daoukro
Area
• Total	863 km2 (333 sq mi)
Population (2021 census)
• Total	101,136
• Density	120/km2 (300/sq mi)
• Town	44,342
	(2014 census)
Time zone	UTC+0 (GMT)

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.

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

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]

Agni-Assikasso (2 798)
Anoumabo (2 323)
Assuéti (1 375)
Bénanou (1 736)
Dadiékro (693)
Daoukro (44 342)
Dengbé (1 523)
Kongoti (1 297)
Kouassi-Diétèkro (1 435)
Koutoukounou (1 089)
Abbo-Kénégny (528)
Allokokro (1 891)
Komenan-Yaokro (1 778)
Lagoukro (1 920)
Léki - Kouadiokro (1 539)
Lékikro (2 581)
N'guessankro (2 271)
Pepressou (2 015)

Notes

^ "français de Moussa".

^ "Ivory Coast Cities Longitude & Latitude". sphereinfo.com. Archived from the original on 13 September 2012. Retrieved 19 November 2010.
^ Citypopulation.de Population of cities & localities in Ivory Coast
^ Citypopulation.de Population of the regions and sub-prefectures of Ivory Coast
^ Loi no 78-07 du 9 janvier 1978
^ Fiche de la ville sur le site du world gazetteer
^ "Côte d'Ivoire". geohive.com. Retrieved 7 December 2015.
^ "Championnat de Football de Cote d'Ivoire". Archived from the original on 17 February 2011. Retrieved 19 November 2010.
^ "RGPH 2014, Répertoire des localités, Région Iffou" (PDF). ins.ci. Retrieved 5 August 2019.

[7] "français de Moussa".

[1] "Ivory Coast Cities Longitude & Latitude". sphereinfo.com. Archived from the original on 13 September 2012. Retrieved 19 November 2010.

[2] Citypopulation.de Population of cities & localities in Ivory Coast

[3] Citypopulation.de Population of the regions and sub-prefectures of Ivory Coast

[4] Loi no 78-07 du 9 janvier 1978

[5] Fiche de la ville sur le site du world gazetteer

[geohive-6] "Côte d'Ivoire". geohive.com. Retrieved 7 December 2015.

[8] "Championnat de Football de Cote d'Ivoire". Archived from the original on 17 February 2011. Retrieved 19 November 2010.

[Iffou-9] "RGPH 2014, Répertoire des localités, Région Iffou" (PDF). ins.ci. Retrieved 5 August 2019.

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v t e Departments and sub-prefectures of Iffou Region, Lacs District
Regional seat: Daoukro
Daoukro Department	Daoukro* Ettrokro* N'Gattakro Samanza
M'Bahiakro Department	Bonguéra Kondossou M'Bahiakro*
Ouellé Department	Akpassanou Ananda Ouellé*
Prikro Department	Anianou Famienkro Koffi-Amonkro Nafana Prikro*
* also a commune