Brofodoumé is a

sub-prefecture A subprefecture is an administrative division of a country that is below prefecture or province. Albania There are twelve Albanian counties or prefectures, each of which is divided into several districts, sometimes translated as subprefecture ...

in south-eastern

Ivory Coast Ivory Coast, also known as Côte d'Ivoire, officially the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire, is a country on the southern coast of West Africa. Its capital is Yamoussoukro, in the centre of the country, while its largest city and economic centre is ...

. It is a suburb of

Abidjan Abidjan ( , ; N'Ko script, N’ko: ߊߓߌߖߊ߲߬) is the economic capital of the Ivory Coast. As of the Demographics of Ivory Coast, 2021 census, Abidjan's population was 6.3 million, which is 21.5 percent of overall population of the country, ...

and is one of four sub-prefectures of

Abidjan Autonomous District Abidjan Department (french: Département d'Abidjan, ) is a departments of Ivory Coast, department of Ivory Coast. It is the sole department in Abidjan Autonomous District: the territory of the department and the district are the same.

. Brofodoumé is about 15 kilometres northeast of Abidjan. The seat of the sub-prefecture is

Bofanmun Bofanmun is a town in south-eastern Ivory Coast. It is a suburb of Abidjan and is the seat of the sub-prefecture of Brofodoumé Brofodoumé is a sub-prefectures of Ivory Coast, sub-prefecture in south-eastern Ivory Coast. It is a suburb of Abidj ...

. Brofodoumé is one of the few sub-prefectures of Ivory Coast that is not named after its seat. Villages in the sub-prefecture include

Attiékoi Attiékoi is a village in southern Ivory Coast. It is located in the sub-prefecture of Brofodoumé in the Autonomous District of Abidjan. Prior to 2011, it was in the Abidjan Department, Lagunes Region. Attiékoi was a commune A commune is an al ...

. Prior to the 2011 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 ...

, Brofodoumé was part of the

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 ...

. Brofodoumé was a

commune A commune is an alternative term for an intentional community. Commune or comună or comune or other derivations may also refer to: Administrative-territorial entities * Commune (administrative division), a municipality or township ** Communes of ...

until March 2012, when it became one of 1126 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.

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Sub-prefectures of Abidjan Former communes of Ivory Coast Suburbs in Ivory Coast {{Abidjan-geo-stub