N'Guiémé is a village in south-eastern
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 ...
. It is in the
sub-prefecture
A subprefecture is an administrative division of a country that is below prefecture or province.
Albania
There are twelve Albanian counties or prefectures, each of which is divided into several districts, sometimes translated as subprefectures. ...
of
Tiapoum
Tiapoum is a town in south-eastern Ivory Coast. It is a sub-prefecture of and the seat of Tiapoum Department in Sud-Comoé Region, Comoé District. Tiapoum is also a commune. The town sits on the north shore of the Tano River, which in this area ...
,
Tiapoum Department
Tiapoum Department is a department of Sud-Comoé Region in Comoé District, Ivory Coast. In 2021, its population was 67,941 and its seat is the settlement of Tiapoum. The sub-prefectures of the department are Noé, Nouamou, and Tiapoum.
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Sud-Comoé Region
Sud-Comoé Region is one of the 31 regions of Ivory Coast. Since 2011, it has been one of two regions in Comoé District. The region's seat is Aboisso. The region's area is 7,240 km2, and its population in the 2021 census was 784,893.
Histo ...
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Comoé District
Comoé District (; , named for the Komoé River) is one of fourteen administrative districts of Ivory Coast. The district is located in the southeast corner of the country, bordering Ghana to the east, Zanzan District to the north, Lacs Distri ...
. The village sits on the north shore of the
Tano River
The Tano or Tanoé River ( French: ''Rivière Tano'') is a river in Ghana. It flows for 400 kilometres from a town called Traa, a suburb of Techiman, the capital town of Bono East Region of the Republic of Ghana to Ehy Lagoon, Tendo Lagoon and fin ...
, which in this area forms the border between Ivory Coast and
Ghana
Ghana, officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country in West Africa. It is situated along the Gulf of Guinea and the Atlantic Ocean to the south, and shares borders with Côte d’Ivoire to the west, Burkina Faso to the north, and Togo to t ...
.
N'Guiémé was a
commune 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.
Notes
Former communes of Ivory Coast
Populated places in Comoé District
Populated places in Sud-Comoé
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