South Comoé

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South Comoé
Liberia Ghana Burkina Faso Mali Guinea Denguélé Savanes Bafing Zanzan Worodougou Vallée du Bandama Marahoué Lacs Moyen-Comoé Sud-Comoé Dix-Huit Montagnes N'zi-Comoé Agnéby Lagunes Sud-Bandama Fromager Bas-Sassandra Moyen-Cavally Haut-Sassandralocation
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Basic data
Country Ivory Coast
Capital Aboisso
surface 7278 km²
Residents 642,620 (2014 census)
density 88 inhabitants per km²
founding 2000
ISO 3166-2 CI-CM

Coordinates: 5 ° 28 ′  N , 3 ° 12 ′  W

Sud-Comoé ( French for "Südcomoé", after the Comoé River ) is an administrative region of the Ivory Coast , in the Comoé district in the southeast of the country.

It borders in the north on the Indénié-Djuablin region (with the Bettié department ), in the east on the neighboring country Ghana ( Western Region ), in the south on the Atlantic Ocean , in the south-west on the Autonomous District Abidjan and north of it on the district of Lagunes located region of La Mé (with the department of Alépé ). Sud-Comoé is divided into the departments Aboisso , Adiaké , Grand-Bassam and Tiapoum . The capital of the region is Aboisso . On September 28, 2011, Sud-Comoé was replaced as the highest administrative unit together with the other regions created in 2000 by the newly founded districts. According to the 2014 census, 642,620 people live in Sud-Comoé on an area of ​​7278 km², which results in a population density of 88 inhabitants per km².

Agricultural products from the region include cocoa , coffee , oil palms , rubber trees , pineapples and cassava .

The old town of Grand-Bassam was added to the UNESCO World Heritage List in 2012, the seaside resort of Assinie-Mafia is a popular destination for tourists and wealthy Ivorians.

Individual evidence

  1. a b Results of the 2014 census (PDF) Retrieved on January 9, 2016.
  2. ^ Assemblée des Régions et Districts de Côte d'Ivoire (ARDCI) . Retrieved January 9, 2016.
  3. Historic Town of Grand-Bassam. UNESCO; accessed on January 9, 2016.
  4. Baudelaire Mieu: Assinie-Mafia, entre Saint-Tropez and Beverly Hills . Jeuneafrique.com , September 7, 2010. Retrieved January 9, 2016.