La Mé Explained

La Mé Region
Native Name:Région de la Mé
Native Name Lang:fr
Other Name:Massan Region
Région du Massan
Settlement Type:Region
Motto:"Nous vous accompagnons"
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:District
Subdivision Name1:Lagunes
Established Title:2011
Established Date:Established
Seat Type:Regional seat
Seat:Adzopé
Government Footnotes:[1]
Leader Title:Prefect
Leader Name:Sanogo Al-Hassana
Leader Title1:Council President
Leader Name1:Yapi Jean-Claude Sombo
Unit Pref:Metric
Area Footnotes:[2]
Area Total Km2:7880
Population Footnotes:[3]
Population Total:726,665
Population As Of:2021 census
Population Density Km2:auto
Timezone1:GMT
Utc Offset1:+0

La Mé Region (also known as Massan Region) is one of the 31 regions of Ivory Coast. Since its establishment in 2011, it has been one of three regions in Lagunes District. The seat of the region is Adzopé and the region's population in the 2021 census was 726,665.

La Mé is currently divided into four departments: Adzopé, Akoupé, Alépé, and Yakassé-Attobrou.

Name

In the 2011 decree that created the region, La Mé was referred to exclusively as the region of "Massan".[4] Since its creation, the region has more commonly been referred to as "La Mé".

Notes

6.1667°N -62°W

Notes and References

  1. http://news.abidjan.net/h/442135.html "Préfets de Région et de Préfets de Département (Conseil des ministres du mercredi 26 septembre 2012)"
  2. http://www.dgddl.interieur.gouv.ci/index.php?page=mono_detail&title=regions&id=21 "La Mé"
  3. https://www.citypopulation.de/en/ivorycoast/admin/ Citypopulation.de
  4. http://www.pndap-ci.org/pdf/decret_districts.pdf Décret n° 2011-263 du 28 septembre 2011 portant organisation du territoire national en Districts et en Régions