Nézobly (also spelled Bazobli) is a town in the far west of
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 ...
, near the border with
Liberia
Liberia, officially the Republic of Liberia, is a country on the West African coast. It is bordered by Sierra Leone to Liberia–Sierra Leone border, its northwest, Guinea to Guinea–Liberia border, its north, Ivory Coast to Ivory Coast–Lib ...
. It is a
sub-prefecture
A subprefecture is an administrative division of a country that is below prefecture or province.
Albania
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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 ...
in
Cavally Region
Cavally Region is one of the 31 regions of Ivory Coast. From its establishment in 2011, to 2014 it was in Montagnes District. The seat of the region is Guiglo and the region's population in the 2021 census was 708,241.
Cavally is currently divid ...
,
Montagnes District
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. The town is approximately three kilometres from the border, but there is no official border crossing in the vicinity.
Nézobly 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.
In 2014, the population of the sub-prefecture of Nézobly was 6,679.
Villages
The 8 villages of the sub-prefecture of Nézobly and their population in 2014 are:[
# Kahibli (637)
# Klaon (906)
# Kpably (662)
# Nézobly (1 911)
# Tiabolébly 1 (523)
# Touaplébli (704)
# Toyébli (1 072)
# Zaïgbopleu (264)
]
Notes
Sub-prefectures of Cavally Region
Former communes of Ivory Coast
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