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{{for|the African language|Sokoro language}}
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|subdivision_name1      = [[Denguélé District|Denguélé]]
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|subdivision_name2      = [[Folon Region|Folon]]
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|subdivision_name3      = [[Minignan Department|Minignan]]
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'''Sokoro''' is a town near the northwestern extremity of [[Ivory Coast]]. It is a [[Sub-prefectures of Ivory Coast|sub-prefecture]] of [[Minignan Department]] in [[Folon Region]], [[Denguélé District]]. The town is situated near the border with [[Mali]], south of the neighboring [[Yanfolila Cercle]]. One kilometre northwest of town is a border crossing.
Sokoro was a [[Communes of Ivory Coast|commune]] until March 2012, when it became one of 1126 communes nationwide that were abolished.<ref>[http://news.abidjan.net/h/428492.html "Le gouvernement ivoirien supprime 1126 communes, et maintient 197 pour renforcer sa politique de décentralisation en cours"], ''news.abidjan.net'', 7 March 2012.</ref>
In 2014, the population of the sub-prefecture of Sokoro was 6,704.<ref name=Folon>{{cite web|title=RGPH 2014, Répertoire des localités, Région Folon|url=http://www.ins.ci/n/documents/rgph/FOLON.pdf|website=ins.ci|accessdate=5 August 2019}}</ref>
==Villages==
The 6 villages of the sub-prefecture of Sokoro and their population in 2014 are:<ref name=Folon/>
# Djirila Bada  (450)
# Keningouara  (237)
# Madina  (1 915)
# Nabagala  (1 277)
# Sokoro  (2 266)
# Tiemba  (559)
==References==
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{{Folon Region subdivisions}}
[[Category:Sub-prefectures of Folon Region]]
[[Category:Ivory Coast–Mali border crossings]]
[[Category:Former communes of Ivory Coast]]
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