Amélékia | |
Settlement Type: | Town and sub-prefecture |
Pushpin Map: | Ivory Coast |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 300 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Ivory Coast |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | District |
Subdivision Name1: | Comoé |
Subdivision Type2: | Region |
Subdivision Name2: | Indénié-Djuablin |
Subdivision Type3: | Department |
Subdivision Name3: | Abengourou |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Population As Of: | 2014 |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population Total: | 25238 |
Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
Timezone: | GMT |
Utc Offset: | +0 |
Coordinates: | 6.8333°N -38°W |
Amélékia is a town in eastern Ivory Coast. It is a sub-prefecture of Abengourou Department in Indénié-Djuablin Region, Comoé District.
Amélékia was a commune until March 2012, when it became one of 1126 communes nationwide that were abolished.[2]
The government of the Ivory Coast is trying to merge different municipalities and communes in their attempt to increase urbanization and reduce bureaucracy and costs of administration. In 2014, the population of the sub-prefecture of Amélékia was 25,238.[3]
The nine villages of the sub-prefecture of Amélékia and their population in 2014 are:[3]