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 suburb of
Abidjan
Abidjan ( , ; N'Ko script, N'ko: ߊߓߌߖߊ߲߬) is the largest city and the former capital of Ivory Coast. As of the Demographics of Ivory Coast, 2021 census, Abidjan's population was 6.3 million, which is 21.5 percent of the overall population ...
Abidjan Autonomous District
Abidjan Department (, ) is a department of Ivory Coast. It is the sole department in Abidjan Autonomous District: the territory of the department and the district are the same.commune. The city is located about 20 kilometres north of Abidjan.
Villages in the sub-prefecture include
Akoupé-Zeudji
Akoupé-Zeudji is a small village in southern Ivory Coast. It is located in the sub-prefecture of Anyama in the Autonomous District of Abidjan. Prior to 2011, it was in the Abidjan Department, Lagunes Region. It lies roughly to the northwest of ...
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Attinguié
Attinguié is a village in southern Ivory Coast. It is in the Anyama sub-prefectures of Ivory Coast, sub-prefecture in the Autonomous District of Abidjan. Prior to 2011, it was in the Abidjan Department, Lagunes Region.
Attinguié was a Communes o ...
, and
M'Bonoua
M'Bonoua is a village in south-eastern Ivory Coast. It is in the sub-prefecture of Anyama in the Autonomous District of Abidjan
Abidjan ( , ; N'ko: ߊߓߌߖߊ߲߬) is the largest city and the former capital of Ivory Coast. As of the 2021 censu ...
.
Sport
Anyama is represented in football by
Rio Sport d'Anyama
Rio Sport d'Anyama is an association football club based in the town of Anyama, Côte d'Ivoire.
History
The club stadium is Stade de Rio Sports, seating 3,000 people.
The club's president is Amidou Sylla, credited with exercising a formative inf ...
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Notable people
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Gervinho
Gervais Yao Kouassi (born 27 May 1987), known as Gervinho, is an Ivorian professional footballer who plays as a forward.
Gervinho began his career at ASEC Abidjan and Toumodi, before moving to Belgium in 2004 to play for Beveren. Between 2007 ...
, Ivorian international
footballer
A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby lea ...
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Arouna Koné
Arouna Koné (born 11 November 1983) is an Ivorian former professional Association football, footballer who played as a Forward (association football)#Striker, striker.
After making a name for himself in the Eredivisie, with Roda JC and PSV Ein ...
, Ivorian international footballer
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Serges Déblé
Serges Déblé (born 1 October 1989) is an Ivorian professional footballer who plays as a winger, most recently for Armenian side Pyunik.
Club career
Born in Anyama, Ivory Coast, Déblé started his career with ASEC Mimosas.
In 2008, he was ...