Samatiguila
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Samatiguila (also spelled Samatiglia) is a town in northwestern Ivory Coast. It is a sub-prefecture of and the seat of Samatiguila Department in Kabadougou Region, Denguélé District. Samatiguila is also a commune. It is located approximately 15 km north of Kimbirila-Sud, and 40 km north of Odienné, the nearest main town and the capital of the Denguélé District. Samatiguila is well known among Ivorians for the large number of traders and bus companies that originate from the town but that operate all over Ivory Coast.
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Place details
- Locality
- Samatiguila
- Region
- Denguélé
- Country
- Côte d’Ivoire
- Population
- 6,278
- Timezone
- Africa/Abidjan
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Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Samatiguila
- Settlement.other_name
- Samatiglia
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Town, sub-prefecture, and commune
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Ivory Coast
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- bottom
- Settlement.pushpin_mapsize
- 300
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Ivory Coast
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Denguélé
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Region
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Kabadougou
- Settlement.subdivision_type3
- Department
- Settlement.subdivision_name3
- Samatiguila
- Settlement.unit_pref
- Metric
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2014
- Settlement.population_total
- 8933
- Settlement.population_blank1_title
- Ethnicities
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Samatiguila (also spelled Samatiglia) is a town in northwestern Ivory Coast. It is a sub-prefecture of and the seat of Samatiguila Department in Kabadougou Region, Denguélé District. Samatiguila is also a commune. It is located approximately 15 km north of Kimbirila-Sud, and 40 km north of Odienné, the nearest main town and the capital of the Denguélé District. Samatiguila is well known among Ivorians for the large number of traders and bus companies that originate from the town but that operate all over Ivory Coast.
The Mosquée de Samatiguila ou Missiriba is an adobe mosque in Samatiguila. Built in the 18th century, it was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 2021 (along with other mosques in northern Ivory Coast) because of its outstanding representation of Sudano-Sahelian architecture.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Samatiguila” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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