Damé Explained

Damé
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:Agnibilékrou
Unit Pref:Metric
Population As Of:2014
Population Footnotes:[1]
Population Total:15920
Population Blank1 Title:Ethnicities
Timezone:GMT
Utc Offset:+0
Coordinates:7.0667°N -12°W

Damé is a town in eastern Ivory Coast. It is a sub-prefecture of Agnibilékrou Department in Indénié-Djuablin Region, Comoé District. Seven kilometres east of the town is a border crossing with Ghana.

Damé was a commune until March 2012, when it became one of 1126 communes nationwide that were abolished.[2] In 2014, the population of the sub-prefecture of Damé was 15,920.[3]

Villages

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

  1. Damé (9 676)
  2. Adamakro (419)
  3. Amangobo (284)
  4. Brahimankro (1 377)
  5. Fraakro (368)
  6. Kotokosso (1 866)
  7. Massakro (1 350)
  8. Morekro (351)
  9. Sirikikro (229)

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Côte d'Ivoire. geohive.com. 8 December 2015.
  2. http://news.abidjan.net/h/428492.html "Le gouvernement ivoirien supprime 1126 communes, et maintient 197 pour renforcer sa politique de décentralisation en cours"
  3. Web site: RGPH 2014, Répertoire des localités, Région Indénié-Djuablin. ins.ci. 5 August 2019.