Département d'Agboville

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The Ivorian department of Agboville is located in the Agnéby region .

structure

The Agboville department is divided into six sub-prefectures. Like the department, these are named after their capital: Agboville , Rubino , Céchi , Grand-Morié , Oress-Krobou , Azaguié

Until 2001

Before the decentralization carried out on January 1, 2002, the department had one municipality (Agboville) and 82 “villages” in 4 cantons. The term “village” is used here for administrative purposes and does not allow any conclusions to be drawn, for example, about the number of inhabitants, which in certain circumstances can be tens of thousands.

geography

The climate is Attic with four seasons: large rainy season from April to mid-July, small dry season until mid-September, small rainy season until November and large dry season from December to March. The area lies in a valley with some swampy spots and has dense forests. The department is traversed by the Agnéby and its tributary Mafou and the river Mé .

population

According to the 2014 census, the department has 292,109 inhabitants.

According to the tax office, the population was 22,053 at the 1998 census, but has grown rapidly since then. This would correspond to a population density of 49 people per km². However, this information must be questioned, as other sources only indicate an increase from 26,914 (1975 census) to 46,359 (1988 census) to 84,109 (2006 calculation) for the city of Agboville.

The ethno-cultural composition consists mainly of Abbey , Krobu , immigrants from other regions and foreigners (e.g. from Mali and Burkina Faso).

education

According to the Ivorian Ministry of Finance before 2002, the school infrastructure was as follows:

  • 181 primary schools
  • 4 secondary schools
  • 1 vocational school

Healthcare

In addition to the Agboville Regional Hospital, there are 28 health centers.

economy

The main economic activity is agriculture with tropical crops and animal husbandry. The most important products are palmist (113,398 t), cassava (100,835 t), coffee (15,104 t), rubber (47,751 t), cocoa (53,433 t), plantains (20,434 t), Igname (17,803 t), food and vegetables . There are indications of gold deposits , but these are not being mined.

Three banks offer their business in the department: SGBCI (Société Générale des Banques des Côte d'Ivoire), BICICI (Banque Internationale pour le Commerce et l'Industrie de la Côte d'Ivoire), COOPEC (Coopérative d'Épargne et de Crédit ). In addition, the company COTIVO (Cotonnerie Ivoirienne), a specialist in spinning and weaving, is of economic importance.

The department is connected to the national telephone network. In contrast, mobile telephony apparently leaves much to be desired in large parts of the department. According to press reports from 2005, the population of the city of Rubino asked in a petition to the Ivorian mobile phone operators to set up an antenna in their city. 42 of the 82 “villages” are electrified.

traffic

The Abidjan-Niger Railway crosses the department. Train stations are in the most important locations, including Agboville and Rubino . The road network has a length of 1127 km, of which 142 km are paved, 75 km are not paved and 910 km are village slopes.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Results of the 2014 census . Retrieved January 6, 2016.
  2. ↑ http://gazetteer.de/wg.php?x=&men=gpro&lng=fr&dat=32&geo=-50&srt=npan&col=aohdq&pt=c&va=&geo=345401572
  3. ↑ Information from before 2002
  4. ↑ All figures from before 2002
  5. ↑ Information from before 2002