Marabadiassa

Marabadiassa
Town and sub-prefecture
Marabadiassa Location in Ivory Coast
Coordinates: 8°6′N 5°26′W
Country	Ivory Coast
District	Vallée du Bandama
Region	Gbêkê
Department	Béoumi
Population  (2014)
• Total	6,640
Time zone	UTC+0 (GMT)

Marabadiassa is a town in central Ivory Coast. It is a sub-prefecture of Béoumi Department in Gbêkê Region, Vallée du Bandama District. The town sits less than one kilometre south of the border of Woroba District.

Marabadiassa was a commune until March 2012, when it became one of 1126 communes nationwide that were abolished.

In 2014, the population of the sub-prefecture of Marabadiassa was 6,640 6,640.

History

The town was originally named Tufan, and was an important stop on the dry-season trade route linking Sikasso with Bonduku. In the early 19th century, a Hausa caravan was ambushed by a local chief. The mallam of the caravan, Sulemanu, who had his holy books stolen, organized the local Hausa population to take over Tufan and turn it into a base for their protection and raids into the surrounding area. It came to be called Marabadiassa, meansing 'Hausa town' in Bambara.

Villages

The 9 villages of the sub-prefecture of Marabadiassa and their population in 2014 are

1. Allokokro (501)
2. Blimplo (314)
3. Goli-Maya (1 417)
4. Kpetessou (222)
5. Mangoua-Okoukro (601)
6. Marabadjassa (2 289)
7. Plikro (511)
8. Toudjan 1 (274)
9. Toudjan 2 (511)