Agnéby Region is a defunct

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. From 1997 to 2011, it was a first-level subdivision region. The region's capital was

Agboville Agboville is the town in south-eastern Ivory Coast. It is a sub-prefecture of and the seat of Agboville Department. It is also a commune and the seat of Agnéby-Tiassa Region in Lagunes District. Agboville is situated 79 km north of Abidjan. T ...

and its area was 9,234 km². Since 2011, the area formerly encompassed by the region is part of

Lagunes District Lagunes District (french: District des Lagunes, ) is one of fourteen administrative districts of Ivory Coast. The district is located in the southern part of the country. The capital of the district is Dabou. Creation Lagunes District was create ...

.Décret n° 2011-263 du 28 septembre 2011 portant organisation du territoire national en Districts et en Régions.

Administrative divisions

At the time of its dissolution, Agnéby Region was divided into four departments:

Adzopé Adzopé is a town in south-eastern Ivory Coast. It is a sub-prefecture of and the seat of Adzopé Department. It is also a commune and the seat of La Mé Region in Lagunes District. In the 2021 census, the sub-prefecture of Adzopé had a populatio ...

, Akoupé, and Yakassé-Attobrou.

Abolition

Agnéby Region was abolished as part of the 2011 administrative reorganisation of the

subdivisions of Ivory Coast Ivory Coast (Côte d'Ivoire) is a relatively decentralised state. The country divided into 14 districts, of which two are cities organised as autonomous districts. The 12 non-autonomous districts are subdivided into 31 second-level regions. The auto ...

. The area formerly encompassed by the region is part of two regions of

. The territory of the department of Agboville was combined with the former

Lagunes Region Lagunes Region is a defunct region of Ivory Coast. From 1997 to 2011, it was a first-level subdivision region. The region's capital was Abidjan and its area was 13,323 km². Since 2011, the area formerly encompassed by the region is Abidjan ...

's departments of

Sikensi Sikensi is a town in southeastern Ivory Coast. It is a sub-prefecture of and the seat of Sikensi Department in Agnéby-Tiassa Region, Lagunes District. Sikensi is also a commune A commune is an alternative term for an intentional community. Com ...

and

Tiassalé Tiassalé is a town in southern Ivory Coast. It is a sub-prefecture and the seat of Tiassalé Department in Agnéby-Tiassa Region, Lagunes District. Tiassalé is also a commune A commune is an alternative term for an intentional community. C ...

to form

Agnéby-Tiassa Region Agnéby-Tiassa Region is one of the 31 regions of Ivory Coast. Since its establishment in 2011, it has been one of three regions in Lagunes District. The seat of the region is Agboville and the region's population in the 2021 census was 865,951. ...

. The territory of the remaining departments, Adzopé, Akoupé, and Yakassé-Attobrou, was combined with the former Lagunes Region's department of

Alépé Alépé is a town in south-eastern Ivory Coast. It is a Sub-prefectures of Ivory Coast, sub-prefecture of and the seat of Alépé Department in La Mé Region, Lagunes District. Alépé is also a Communes of Ivory Coast, commune. References

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La Mé Region LA most frequently refers to Los Angeles, the second largest city in the United States. La, LA, or L.A. may also refer to: Arts and entertainment Music * La (musical note), or A, the sixth note * "L.A.", a song by Elliott Smith on ''Figur ...

Notes

{{DEFAULTSORT:Agneby Former regions of Ivory Coast States and territories disestablished in 2011 2011 disestablishments in Ivory Coast 1997 establishments in Ivory Coast States and territories established in 1997