Tengréla

Also known as Tengrela

Tengréla (also spelled Tingréla) is a town in the far north of Ivory Coast near the border with Mali. It is a sub-prefecture and the seat of Tengréla Department in Bagoué Region, Savanes District. Tengréla is also a commune.

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Place details

Locality: Tengréla
Region: Savanes
Country: Côte d’Ivoire
Population: 52,271
Timezone: Africa/Abidjan

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Key facts

Settlement.name: Tengréla
Settlement.other_name: Tingréla
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: Savanes
Settlement.subdivision_type2: Region
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Bagoué
Settlement.subdivision_type3: Department
Settlement.subdivision_name3: Tengréla
Settlement.unit_pref: Metric
Settlement.area_total_km2: 1150
Settlement.population_as_of: 2021 census
Settlement.population_note: (2014 census)

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Wikidata facts

Population: 92454
Elevation: 370

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== History == thumb|Dibi, a type of chimney used in Tingréla, 1892 The French explorer René Caillié stopped at the settlement of Tengréla, which was then a large walled village, in January 1828 on his journey to Timbuktu. He was travelling with a caravan of 500 to 600 people and 80 donkeys transporting kola nuts. In his book Travels through Central Africa to Timbuctoo published in 1830, he spelled the name of the village as "Tangrera".