Sianhala

Town and sub-prefecture in Savanes, Ivory Coast

Sianhala Sanhala
Town and sub-prefecture
10°2′N 6°51′W / 10.033°N 6.850°W / 10.033; -6.850
Country	Ivory Coast
District	Savanes
Region	Bagoué
Department	Kouto
Population (2014)^[1]
• Total	27,076
Time zone	UTC+0 (GMT)

Sianhala (also spelled Sanhala) is a town in northern Ivory Coast. It is a sub-prefecture of Kouto Department in Bagoué Region, Savanes District. The town is four kilometres east of the border of Denguélé District.

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

In 2014, the population of the sub-prefecture of Sianhala was 27,076.^[3]

Villages

The 8 villages of the sub-prefecture of Sianhala and their population in 2014 are:^[3]

Kelegbala (4 182)
Mougnini (5 246)
N'deou (6 228)
Douasso (3 166)
Sianhala (2 696)
Tinasso (3 604)
Zanasso1 (1 263)
Zanasso2 (691)

Notes

^ "Côte d'Ivoire". geohive.com. Retrieved 11 December 2015.
^ "Le gouvernement ivoirien supprime 1126 communes, et maintient 197 pour renforcer sa politique de décentralisation en cours", news.abidjan.net, 7 March 2012.
^ ^a ^b "RGPH 2014, Répertoire des localités, Région Bagoué" (PDF). ins.ci. Retrieved 5 August 2019.