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Molonou

town and sub-prefecture in Lacs, Ivory Coast

Architectural plans, a scale model, maps and brass measuring instruments
Places and architectureInterpretive dossier study · Crown Archives visual atlas
Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 16, 2025
Entity authorityQ3319646 ↗
Source-derived summary

Molonou is a town in central Ivory Coast. It is a sub-prefecture of Tiébissou Department in Bélier Region, Lacs District. The town is on the east shore of Lake Kossou.

Molonou was a commune until March 2012, when it became one of 1,126 communes nationwide that were abolished.

In 2014, the population of the sub-prefecture of Molonou was 20,140.

Editorial summary

Begin with the source’s own compact description: “Molonou” is town and sub-prefecture in Lacs, Ivory Coast. The dossier treats that line as a proposition to test through Molonou, town and sub-prefecture, not as a finished interpretation.

Editorial reviewA valuable geographic starting point for tracing changing names, boundaries, uses and administrative responsibility. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2012, 2014—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. For this dossier, Molonou, town and sub-prefecture is the immediate research focus.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

The phrase “town and sub-prefecture in Lacs, Ivory Coast” supplies a clear boundary for inquiry. It also exposes the unanswered questions: who defined that boundary, when it became stable and which sources sit outside it.

Evidence profile

The strongest evidence will usually combine a dated visual record with documents produced by the authority responsible for the place. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 16, 2025. The linked authority identifier is Q3319646. Authority coordinates are 7.133, -5.417. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2012 and 2014.

Critical limits

A single description cannot reconcile every naming convention, rebuilding phase or administrative transfer associated with a place. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

How to read it

Treat names, boundaries and functions as historically changeable. Maps, plans, inventories and administrative records can clarify what the place meant at different dates.

Best used for
  • Historic place names
  • Jurisdictional context
  • Routes into maps and plans
Verify next

Contemporary maps, plans, listed-building records, estate papers and the responsible local or national archive.

Three-step research path

  1. Establish the record: confirm the title “Molonou”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow Molonou primary sources, Molonou archive and Molonou research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

Questions for further research

  1. Which source most directly establishes the central claim about “Molonou”?
  2. Which earlier names or jurisdictions may reveal additional records?
  3. Which authority defined the place, boundary or structure at the relevant date?
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Source & attribution

This entry incorporates text from “Molonou” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.