Agboville is the town in south-eastern Ivory Coast. It is a sub-prefecture of and the seat of

Agboville Department Agboville Department is a department of Agnéby-Tiassa Region in Lagunes District, Ivory Coast. In 2021, its population was 384,340 and its seat is the settlement of Agboville. The sub-prefectures of the department are Aboudé, Ananguié, A ...

. It is also a

commune A commune is an alternative term for an intentional community. Commune or comună or comune or other derivations may also refer to: Administrative-territorial entities * Commune (administrative division), a municipality or township ** Communes of ...

and the seat of

Agnéby-Tiassa Region Agnéby-Tiassa Region is one of the 31 regions of Ivory Coast. Since its establishment in 2011, it has been one of three regions in Lagunes District. The seat of the region is Agboville and the region's population in the 2021 census was 865,951. ...

in Lagunes District. Agboville is situated 79 km north of

Abidjan Abidjan ( , ; N’ko: ߊߓߌߖߊ߲߬) is the economic capital of the Ivory Coast. As of the 2021 census, Abidjan's population was 6.3 million, which is 21.5 percent of overall population of the country, making it the sixth most populous city p ...

. The local ethnic group is the

Abbey An abbey is a type of monastery used by members of a religious order under the governance of an abbot or abbess. Abbeys provide a complex of buildings and land for religious activities, work, and housing of Christian monks and nuns. The con ...

. The Abbey is one of over 60 ethnic groups in Ivory Coast, and are usually considered to be an

Akan Akan may refer to: People and languages *Akan people, an ethnic group in Ghana and Côte d'Ivoire *Akan language, a language spoken by the Akan people *Kwa languages, a language group which includes Akan * Central Tano languages, a language group ...

subgroup. The Abbey people have many traditions related to family and friends. One important holiday for the Abbeys is "La fête des ignames" or the "Yam Festival". Historically, the festival is a celebration of a good harvest of yams because yams have been the greatest resource for the Abbey region of Agboville. Agboville is the seat of the

Roman Catholic Diocese of Agboville The Roman Catholic Diocese of Agboville ( la, Agbovillen(sis)) is a diocese located in the city of Agboville in the Ecclesiastical province of Abidjan in Côte d'Ivoire. History * October 14, 2006: Established as Diocese of Agboville from the ...

History

Agboville was the seat of the Agneby region from 1997 to 2011.

Transport

Agboville is served by a station of the national railway system.

References

Sub-prefectures of Agnéby-Tiassa Communes of Agnéby-Tiassa Regional capitals of Ivory Coast {{Lagunes-geo-stub