Lagunes District (french: District des Lagunes, ) is one of fourteen administrative districts of

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. The district is located in the southern part of the country. The capital of the district is Dabou.

Creation

Lagunes District was created in a 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 ...

.Décret n° 2011-263 du 28 septembre 2011 portant organisation du territoire national en Districts et en Régions. The territory of the district was composed by merging the former regions of

Agnéby Agnéby Region is a defunct region of Ivory Coast. From 1997 to 2011, it was a first-level subdivision region. The region's capital was Agboville and its area was 9,234 km2. Since 2011, the area formerly encompassed by the region is part of L ...

and Lagunes and removing the territory of the Abidjan Autonomous District.

Administrative divisions

Lagunes District is currently subdivided into three regions and the following

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: * Agnéby-Tiassa Region (region seat in Agboville) ** Agboville Department ** Sikensi Department ** Tiassalé Department ** Taabo Department *

Grands-Ponts Region Grands-Ponts Region (also originally known as Leboutou 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 Dabou and the region's populati ...

(region seat also in Dabou) ** Dabou Department **

Grand-Lahou Department Grand-Lahou Department is a department of Grands-Ponts Region in Lagunes District, Ivory Coast. In 2021, its population was 155,832 and its seat is the settlement of Grand-Lahou. The sub-prefectures of the department are Ahouanou, Bacanda, Ebonou ...

** Jacqueville Department *

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(region seat in Adzopé) **

Adzopé Department Adzopé Department is a department of La Mé Region in Lagunes District, Ivory Coast. In 2021, its population was 283,727 and its seat is the settlement of Adzopé. The sub-prefectures of the department are Adzopé, Agou, Annépé, Assikoi, ...

Akoupé Department Akoupé Department is a department of La Mé Region in Lagunes District, Ivory Coast. In 2021, its population was 156,698 and its seat is the settlement of Akoupé. The sub-prefectures of the department are Afféry, Akoupé, and Bécouéfin. ...

** Alépé Department **

Yakassé-Attobrou Department Yakassé-Attobrou Department is a department of La Mé Region in Lagunes District, Ivory Coast. In 2021, its population was 105,986 and its seat is the settlement of Yakassé-Attobrou. The sub-prefectures of the department are Abongoua, Biéby, ...

Population

According to the 2021 census, Lagunes District has a population of 2,042,623.

References

{{Authority control Districts of Ivory Coast