Montagnes District ( , "Mountains") is one of the 14 administrative districts of Ivory Coast. The district is located in the western part of the country, bordering Liberia and Guinea to the west, Woroba District to the north, Sassandra-Marahoué District to the east, and Bas-Sassandra District to the south. The capital of the district is Man.
Creation Montagnes District was created in a 2011 administrative reorganisation of the subdivisions of Ivory Coast.Décret n° 2011-263 du 28 septembre 2011 portant organisation du territoire national en Districts et en Régions. The territory of the district was composed by merging the former regions of Dix-Huit Montagnes and Moyen-Cavally. The district was suppressed in 2014 and restored as an autonomous district in 2021.
Geography
N'zo Partial Faunal Reserve
Administrative divisions Montagnes District was subdivided into three regions and the following departments: Cavally Region (region seat in Guiglo) Bloléquin Department Guiglo Department Toulépleu Department Taï Department Guémon Region (region seat in Duékoué) Bangolo Department Duékoué Department Kouibly Department Facobly Department Tonkpi Region (region seat also in Man) Biankouma Department Danané Department Man Department Zouan-Hounien Department Sipilou Department
Population According to the 2021 census, Montagnes District has a population of 3,027,023, making it the second most populous district in Ivory Coast, behind only Abidjan Autonomous District.
Religion
Montagnes has a religiously diverse population. According to the 2021 census, Christianity is the plurality religion in the district (37.8%), followed by Islam (31.5%) and those with no religion (23.8%). A smaller share of residents adhere to traditional religions or other faiths.
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