Bounda is a town in central

Ivory Coast Ivory Coast, also known as Côte d'Ivoire and officially the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire, is a country on the southern coast of West Africa. Its capital city of Yamoussoukro is located in the centre of the country, while its largest List of ci ...

. It is a

sub-prefecture A subprefecture is an administrative division of a country that is below prefecture or province. Albania There are twelve Albanian counties or prefectures, each of which is divided into several districts, sometimes translated as subprefectures. ...

Bouaké Department Bouaké Department is a Departments of Ivory Coast, department of Gbêkê Region in Vallée du Bandama District, Ivory Coast. In 2021, its population was 931,851 making it the second most populous department in the country behind Abidjan Department ...

in Gbêkê Region,

Vallée du Bandama District Vallée du Bandama District (, , " Bandama Valley") is one of fourteen administrative districts of Ivory Coast. The district is located in the north-central part of the country. The capital of the district is Bouaké. Creation Vallée du Bandam ...

. The town is about two kilometres north of the border of

Lacs District Lacs District (; , "Lakes") is one of fourteen administrative districts of Ivory Coast. The district is located in the central part of the country. The capital of the district is Dimbokro. Creation Lacs District was created in a 2011 administr ...

. Bounda was a commune until March 2012, when it became one of 1126 communes nationwide that were abolished."Le gouvernement ivoirien supprime 1126 communes, et maintient 197 pour renforcer sa politique de décentralisation en cours"
''news.abidjan.net'', 7 March 2012. In 2014, the population of the sub-prefecture of Bounda was 10,088.

Villages

The 14 villages of the sub-prefecture of Bounda and their population in 2014 are:

Notes

Sub-prefectures of Gbêkê Former communes of Ivory Coast {{ValléeduBandama-geo-stub