Anyama is a city 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.

. Anyama is also 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 ...

. The city is located about 20 kilometres north of Abidjan. Villages in the sub-prefecture include

Akoupé-Zeudji Akoupé-Zeudji is a small village in southern Ivory Coast. It is located in the sub-prefecture of Anyama in the Autonomous District of Abidjan. Prior to 2011, it was in the Abidjan Department, Lagunes Region. It lies roughly to the northwest of t ...

Attinguié Attinguié is a village in southern Ivory Coast. It is in the Anyama sub-prefecture in the Autonomous District of Abidjan. Prior to 2011, it was in the Abidjan Department, Lagunes Region. Attinguié was a commune A commune is an alternative term ...

, and

M'Bonoua M'Bonoua is a village in south-eastern Ivory Coast. It is in the sub-prefecture of Anyama in the Autonomous District of Abidjan. M'Bonoua was a commune A commune is an alternative term for an intentional community. Commune or comună or comune o ...

Sport

Anyama is represented in football by

Rio Sport d'Anyama Rio Sport d'Anyama is an association football club based in the town of Anyama, Côte d'Ivoire. History The club stadium is Stade de Rio Sports, seating 3,000 people. The club's president is Amidou Sylla, credited with exercising a formative inf ...

Notable people

Gervinho Gervais Yao Kouassi (born 27 May 1987), known as Gervinho, is an Ivorian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Greek Super League club Aris and the Ivory Coast national team. Gervinho began his career at ASEC Abidjan and Toumodi ...

, Ivorian international

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...

Arouna Koné Arouna Koné (born 11 November 1983) is an Ivorian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Belgian club VK Weerde. After making a name for himself in the Eredivisie, with Roda JC and PSV, he signed with Sevilla in 2007, where he r ...

, Ivorian international footballer

Notes

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