Tiémé | |
Settlement Type: | Town, sub-prefecture, and commune |
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: | Denguélé |
Subdivision Type2: | Region |
Subdivision Name2: | Kabadougou |
Subdivision Type3: | Department |
Subdivision Name3: | Odienné |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Population As Of: | 2014 |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population Total: | 9182 |
Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
Timezone: | GMT |
Utc Offset: | +0 |
Coordinates: | 9.5333°N -27°W |
Tiémé is a town in northwestern Ivory Coast. It is a sub-prefecture and commune of Odienné Department in Kabadougou Region, Denguélé District. It is situated between two major towns of the Denguélé: Odienné is located approximately 20km (10miles) west, and Madinani lies 28km (17miles) east.
The French explorer René Caillié arrived in Tiémé on 3 August 1827, on the long journey that would take him to Timbuktu. Ill with malaria, scurvy and with a tropical ulcer on his foot, he was forced to remain for five months in the village. He gave a detailed account of his stay in his book Travels through Central Africa to Timbuctoo, which was published in 1830. He spelled the name of the village as Timé. He set out for Djenné on 9 January 1828 and joined a large caravan carrying kola nuts.
In 2014, the population of the sub-prefecture of Tiémé was 9,182.[2]
The 4 villages of the sub-prefecture of Tiémé and their population in 2014 are:[2]