Agnéby Region is a defunct

region In geography, regions, otherwise referred to as areas, zones, lands or territories, are portions of the Earth's surface that are broadly divided by physical characteristics (physical geography), human impact characteristics (human geography), and ...

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

. From 1997 to 2011, it was a first-level subdivision region. The region's capital was

Agboville Agboville is the town in south-eastern Ivory Coast. It is a sub-prefecture of and the seat of Agboville Department. It is also a commune and the seat of Agnéby-Tiassa Region in Lagunes District. Agboville is situated 79 km north of Abidjan. Th ...

and its area was 9,234 km². Since 2011, the area formerly encompassed by the region is part of

Lagunes District Lagunes District (, , ) is one of fourteen administrative districts of Ivory Coast. 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 ...

.Décret n° 2011-263 du 28 septembre 2011 portant organisation du territoire national en Districts et en Régions.

Administrative divisions

At the time of its dissolution, Agnéby Region was divided into four

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Adzopé Adzopé is a town in south-eastern Ivory Coast. It is a sub-prefecture of and the seat of Adzopé Department. It is also a commune and the seat of La Mé Region in Lagunes District. In the 2021 census, the sub-prefecture of Adzopé had a populat ...

, Akoupé, and Yakassé-Attobrou.

Abolition

Agnéby Region was abolished as part of the 2011 administrative reorganisation of the

subdivisions of Ivory Coast Ivory Coast (Côte d'Ivoire) is a relatively Decentralization, decentralised state. The country divided into 14 Districts of Ivory Coast, districts, of which two are cities organised as autonomous districts. The other 12 districts are subdivided in ...

. The area formerly encompassed by the region is part of two regions of

. The territory of the department of Agboville was combined with the former Lagunes Region's departments of Sikensi and

Tiassalé Tiassalé is a town in southern Ivory Coast. It is a sub-prefectures of Ivory Coast, sub-prefecture and the seat of Tiassalé Department in Agnéby-Tiassa Region, Lagunes District. Tiassalé is also a Communes of Ivory Coast, commune. In 2021, ...

to form Agnéby-Tiassa Region. The territory of the remaining departments, Adzopé, Akoupé, and Yakassé-Attobrou, was combined with the former Lagunes Region's department of Alépé to form

La Mé Region LA most frequently refers to Los Angeles, the second most populous city in the United States of America. La, LA, or L.A. may also refer to: Arts and entertainment Music *La (musical note), or A, the sixth note *"L.A.", a song by Elliott Smit ...

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Agneby Former regions of Ivory Coast States and territories disestablished in 2011 2011 disestablishments in Ivory Coast 1997 establishments in Ivory Coast States and territories established in 1997