Montagnes District (french: District des Montagnes) is one of fourteen

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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 ...

. The district is located in the western part of the country, bordering

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and

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to the west,

Woroba District Woroba District (french: District du Woroba) is one of 14 administrative districts of Ivory Coast. It is in the northeast part of the country. Its capital is Séguéla. Creation Woroba District was created in a 2011 administrative reorganisation ...

to the north,

Sassandra-Marahoué District Sassandra-Marahoué District (french: District du Sassandra-Marahoué) is one of fourteen administrative districts of Ivory Coast. The district is located in the central part of the country. The capital of the district is Daloa. Creation Sassan ...

to the east, and Bas-Sassandra District to the south. The capital of the district is

Man A man is an adult male human. Prior to adulthood, a male human is referred to as a boy (a male child or adolescent). Like most other male mammals, a man's genome usually inherits an X chromosome from the mother and a Y chromo ...

Creation

Montagnes 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 Dix-Huit Montagnes and

Moyen-Cavally Moyen-Cavally Region is a defunct region of Ivory Coast. From 2000 to 2011, it was a first-level subdivision region. The region's capital was Guiglo and its area was 14,268 km2. Since 2011, the area formerly encompassed by the region is part o ...

Administrative divisions

Montagnes District was subdivided into three

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and the following departments: * Cavally Region (region seat in

Guiglo Guiglo is a city in western Ivory Coast. It is a sub-prefectures of Ivory Coast, sub-prefecture of and the seat of Guiglo Department. It is also a Communes of Ivory Coast, commune and the seat of Cavally Region in Montagnes District. Guiglo is loc ...

) **

Bloléquin Department Bloléquin Department is a department of Cavally Region in Montagnes District, Ivory Coast. In 2021, its population was 237,944 and its seat is the settlement of Bloléquin. The sub-prefectures of the department are Bloléquin, Diboké, Doké ...

Guiglo Department Guiglo Department is a Departments of Ivory Coast, department of Cavally Region in Montagnes District, Ivory Coast. In 2021, its population was 259,381 and its seat is the settlement of Guiglo. The sub-prefectures of Ivory Coast, sub-prefectures of ...

Toulépleu Department Toulépleu Department is a department of Cavally Region in Montagnes District, Ivory Coast. In 2021, its population was 93,529 and its seat is the settlement of Toulépleu. The sub-prefectures of the department are Bakoubli, Méo, Nézobly, P ...

Taï Department Taï Department is a department of Cavally Region in Montagnes District, Ivory Coast. In 2021, its population was 117,387 and its seat is the settlement of Taï. The sub-prefectures of the department are Taï and Zagné. History Taï Depart ...

* Guémon Region (region seat in Duékoué) ** Bangolo Department **

Duékoué Department Duékoué Department is a Departments of Ivory Coast, department of Guémon Region in Montagnes District, Ivory Coast. In 2021, its population was 420,911 and its seat is the settlement of Duékoué. The sub-prefectures of Ivory Coast, sub-prefectu ...

Kouibly Department Kouibly Department is a department of Guémon Region in Montagnes District, Ivory Coast. In 2021, its population was 144,723 and its seat is the settlement of Kouibly. The sub-prefectures of the department are Kouibly, Nidrou, Ouyably-Gnondro ...

Facobly Department Facobly Department is a department of Guémon Region in Montagnes District, 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 ...

Tonkpi Region Tonkpi Region is one of the 31 regions of Ivory Coast. Since its establishment in 2011, it has been one of three regions in Montagnes District. The seat of the region is Man and the region's population in the 2021 census was 1,387,909, predominantl ...

(region seat also in

) ** Biankouma Department **

Danané Department Danané Department is a department of Tonkpi Region in Montagnes District, Ivory Coast. In 2021, its population was 364,012 and its seat is the settlement of Danané. The sub-prefectures of the department are Daleu, Danané, Gbon-Houyé, Kouan-H ...

** Man Department **

Zouan-Hounien Department Zouan-Hounien Department is a department of Tonkpi Region in Montagnes District, Ivory Coast. In 2021, its population was 250,938 and its seat is the settlement of Zouan-Hounien. The sub-prefectures of the department are Banneu, Bin-Houyé, G ...

Sipilou Department Sipilou Department is a Departments of Ivory Coast, department of Tonkpi, Tonkpi Region in Montagnes District, Ivory Coast. In 2021, its population was 73,109 and its seat is the settlement of Sipilou. The sub-prefectures of Ivory Coast, sub-prefec ...

Population

According to the 2021 census, Montagnes District has a population of 3,027,023, making it the second most populous district in Ivory Coast, behind only

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.

References

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