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Papara, Ivory Coast

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Papara
Town and sub-prefecture
Country Ivory Coast
DistrictSavanes
RegionBagoué
DepartmentTengréla
Population
 (2014)[1]
 • Total8,866
Time zoneUTC+0 (GMT)

Papara is a town in the far north of Ivory Coast. It is a sub-prefecture of Tengréla Department in Bagoué Region, Savanes District. A border crossing with Mali is three kilometres east of town. Papara is the northernmost sub-prefecture in Ivory Coast.

Papara was a commune until March 2012, when it became one of 1126 communes nationwide that were abolished.[2]

Notes

  1. ^ "Côte d'Ivoire". geohive.com. Retrieved 11 December 2015.
  2. ^ "Le gouvernement ivoirien supprime 1126 communes, et maintient 197 pour renforcer sa politique de décentralisation en cours", news.abidjan.net, 7 March 2012.


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