Samanza is a town in 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 a
sub-prefecture
A subprefecture is an administrative division of a country that is below prefecture or province.
Albania
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of
Daoukro Department
Daoukro Department is a department of Iffou Region in Lacs District, Ivory Coast. In 2021, its population was 148,095 and its seat is the settlement of Daoukro. The sub-prefectures of the department are Daoukro, Ettrokro, N'Gattakro, and Sam ...
in
Iffou Region
Iffou Region is one of the 31 regions of Ivory Coast. Since its establishment in 2011, it has been one of the regions in Lacs District. The seat of the region is Daoukro, and the region's population in the 2021 census was 378,560.
Iffou is curr ...
,
Lacs District
Lacs District (; , "Lakes") is one of fourteen administrative districts of Ivory Coast. The district is located in the central part of the country. The capital of the district is Dimbokro.
Creation
Lacs District was created in a 2011 administr ...
. The border of
Zanzan District
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Creation
Zanzan District was created in ...
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.
"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 Samanza was 10,260.
Villages
The 9 villages of the sub-prefecture of Samanza and their population in 2014 are:[
# Agba-Tanoukro (137)
# Aka-Comoékro (1 654)
# Akpokro (332)
# Ekra-Kpinkro (357)
# Nouffoukro (550)
# Ouakabessi (833)
# Samanza (2 546)
# Tiokonou (850)
# Zanzansou (3 001)
]
References
Sub-prefectures of Iffou
Former communes of Ivory Coast
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