Bongo
Bongo is a town in south-eastern Ivory Coast. It is a sub-prefecture of Grand-Bassam Department in Sud-Comoé Region, Comoé District. Bongo was a commune until March 2012, when it became one of 1,126 communes nationwide that were abolished.- Type: Locality with 24,100 residents
- Description: town and sub-prefecture in Comoé, Ivory Coast
- Also known as: “Bongo (Grand-Bassam)”, “Bongo (tarafa)”, “Bongo-Village”, “Bongo, Ivory Coast”, and “Bongo, pantai gading”
Bongo
- Category: commune of Ivory Coast
- Location: Comoé District, Côte d’Ivoire, West Africa, Africa
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Latitude
5.50899° or 5° 30′ 32″ north
Longitude
-3.54771° or 3° 32′ 52″ west
Population
24,100
Elevation
112 metres (367 feet)
Open location code
6CQRGF52+HW
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In Other Languages
From French to Swahili—“Bongo” goes by many names.
- French: “Bongo”
- Greek: “Μπονγκό”
- Indonesian: “Bongo, Pantai Gading”
- Italian: “Bongo”
- Malay: “Bongo, Grand-Bassam”
- Romanian: “Bongo, Coasta de Fildeș”
- Romanian: “Bongo”
- Swahili: “Tarafa ya Bongo”
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