Samanza

Town and sub-prefecture in Lacs, Ivory Coast
7°30′N 3°35′W / 7.500°N 3.583°W / 7.500; -3.583Country Ivory CoastDistrictLacsRegionIffouDepartmentDaoukroPopulation
 (2014)[1]
 • Total10,260Time zoneUTC+0 (GMT)

Samanza is a town in eastern Ivory Coast. It is a sub-prefecture of Daoukro Department in Iffou Region, Lacs District. The border of Zanzan District is 200 metres northwest of the town.

Samanza was a commune until March 2012, when it became one of 1126 communes nationwide that were abolished.[2]

In 2014, the population of the sub-prefecture of Samanza was 10,260.[3]

Villages

The 9 villages of the sub-prefecture of Samanza and their population in 2014 are:[3]

  1. Agba-Tanoukro (137)
  2. Aka-Comoékro (1 654)
  3. Akpokro (332)
  4. Ekra-Kpinkro (357)
  5. Nouffoukro (550)
  6. Ouakabessi (833)
  7. Samanza (2 546)
  8. Tiokonou (850)
  9. Zanzansou (3 001)

References

  1. ^ "Côte d'Ivoire". geohive.com. Retrieved 9 December 2015.
  2. ^ "Le gouvernement ivoirien supprime 1126 communes, et maintient 197 pour renforcer sa politique de décentralisation en cours", news.abidjan.net, 7 March 2012.
  3. ^ a b "RGPH 2014, Répertoire des localités, Région Iffou" (PDF). ins.ci. Retrieved 5 August 2019.
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Ivory Coast Departments and sub-prefectures of Iffou Region, Lacs District
Regional seat: Daoukro
Daoukro Department
M'Bahiakro DepartmentOuellé DepartmentPrikro Department
* also a commune


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