Samango is a town in northwestern

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. It is a

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. Samango 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 Samango was 11,215.

Villages

The 18 villages of the sub-prefecture of Samango and their population in 2014 are:

References

Sub-prefectures of Kabadougou Former communes of Ivory Coast {{Denguélé-geo-stub