Djamandioké (also spelled Djamadjoké) is a town in the south-western corner of
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 ...
, near the border of
Liberia
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. It is a
sub-prefecture
A subprefecture is an administrative division of a country that is below prefecture or province.
Albania
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of
Tabou Department
Tabou Department is a department of San-Pédro Region in Bas-Sassandra District, Ivory Coast. In 2021, its population was 270,482 and its seat is the settlement of Tabou. The sub-prefectures of the department are Dapo-Iboké, Djamandioké, ...
in
San-Pédro Region
San-Pédro Region is one of the 31 regions
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,
Bas-Sassandra District. It is the southernmost sub-prefecture of the country.
Djamandioké was a
commune
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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.
In 2014, the population of the sub-prefecture of Djamandioké was 15,006.
Villages
The seventeen villages of the sub-prefecture of Djamandioké and their population in 2014 are:[
]
References
Sub-prefectures of San-Pédro Region
Former communes of Ivory Coast
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