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 1,126 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 Marabadiassa was 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 nine villages of the sub-prefecture of Marabadiassa and their population in 2014 are
Allokokro (501) Blimplo (314) Goli-Maya (1,417) Kpetessou (222) Mangoua-Okoukro (601) Marabadjassa (2,289) Plikro (511) Toudjan 1 (274) Toudjan 2 (511)
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