Agboville

Also known as Agnéby

Agboville is the town in south-eastern Ivory Coast. It is a sub-prefecture of and the seat of Agboville Department. It is also a commune and the seat of Agnéby-Tiassa Region in Lagunes District.

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Place details

Locality: Agboville
Region: Lagunes
Country: Côte d’Ivoire
Population: 81,770
Timezone: Africa/Abidjan

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Key facts

Settlement.name: Agboville
Settlement.settlement_type: Town, sub-prefecture, and commune
Settlement.image_skyline: Préfecture d’Agboville.jpg
Settlement.imagesize: 300px
Settlement.image_caption: Préfecture d’Agboville
Settlement.pushpin_map: Ivory Coast
Settlement.pushpin_label_position: bottom
Settlement.pushpin_mapsize: 300
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Location in Ivory Coast
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1: District
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Lagunes
Settlement.subdivision_type2: Region
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Agnéby-Tiassa
Settlement.subdivision_type3: Department
Settlement.subdivision_name3: Agboville
Settlement.unit_pref: Metric
Settlement.area_total_km2: 870

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Agboville is the town in south-eastern Ivory Coast. It is a sub-prefecture of and the seat of Agboville Department. It is also a commune and the seat of Agnéby-Tiassa Region in Lagunes District.

Agboville is situated 79 km north of Abidjan. The local ethnic group is the Abbey. The Abbey is one of over 60 ethnic groups in Ivory Coast, and are usually considered to be an Akan 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.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Agboville” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.