Samanza

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Samanza
Town and sub-prefecture
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Samanza
Location in Ivory Coast
Coordinates: 7°30′N3°35′W / 7.500°N 3.583°W / 7.500; -3.583
CountryFlag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg Ivory Coast
District Lacs
Region Iffou
Department Daoukro
Population
 (2014) [1]
  Total
10,260
Time zone UTC+0 (GMT)

Samanza is a town in eastern Ivory Coast. It is a sub-prefecture of Daoukro Department in Iffou Region, Lacs District. The border of Zanzan District is 200 metres northwest of the town.

Samanza was a commune until March 2012, when it became one of 1,126 communes nationwide that were abolished. [2]

In 2014, the population of the sub-prefecture of Samanza was 10,260. [3]

Villages

The nine villages of the sub-prefecture of Samanza and their population in 2014 are: [3]

  1. Agba-Tanoukro (137)
  2. Aka-Comoékro (1,654)
  3. Akpokro (332)
  4. Ekra-Kpinkro (357)
  5. Nouffoukro (550)
  6. Ouakabessi (833)
  7. Samanza (2 546)
  8. Tiokonou (850)
  9. Zanzansou (3 001)

References

  1. "Côte d'Ivoire". geohive.com. Retrieved 9 December 2015.
  2. "Le gouvernement ivoirien supprime 1126 communes, et maintient 197 pour renforcer sa politique de décentralisation en cours", news.abidjan.net, 7 March 2012.
  3. 1 2 "RGPH 2014, Répertoire des localités, Région Iffou" (PDF). ins.ci. Retrieved 5 August 2019.