Indénié-Djuablin Region

The Indénié-Djuablin Region is located in the Central-East of Côte d'Ivoire and is subdivided into three (03) Departments: Abengourou (Capital), Agnibilékrou, and Bettié. It covers an area of 8,000 km², which is 2.48% of the national territory.

 

• The population of the region is as follows:

ENTITY	POPULATION				HOUSEHOLDS
	MALES	FEMALES	TOTAL	SEX RATIO	NUMBER	AVERAGE SIZE
Indénié-Djuablin Region	381,684	334,759	716,443	114	146,141	4.9
ABENGOUROU Department	114,609	101,655	216,264	113	46,882	4.6
ABENGOUROU (Capital)	52,868	46,633	99,501	113	23,896	4.2

Source: INS, RGPH 2021

 

• Abengourou, the capital of the region and a Secondary Economic Connector (a city that has reached an intermediate stage of urbanization facilitating localization economies through competition among businesses in the same sector), has an economy based on agriculture, particularly cocoa, coffee, rubber, wood industry, and cashew nuts. It also plays a key role in logistics and trade with Ghana (Study on the Competitive Economic Pole Development Program - PEC, 2018);
• An industrial zone exists there: located in the Abengourou department, housing industrial units with an industrial land reserve of 342 ha (MCIPPME, 2022);
• Mobile network coverage (ARTCI, July 2023): 99.31% of localities and 99.65% of the population are covered.
• Health: The health infrastructure in the region includes most of the technical platforms.

 

Health infrastructures	Number
Primary Contact Health Establishments (ESPC)	88
General Hospitals	02
Regional Hospital Centers	01
Private Profit-Making Health Establishments	18
Functional Operating Theaters	03
Functional Gynecological-Obstetric Operating Rooms	03
Functional Public Radiology Services	02
Functional Private Radiology Services	05
Public Dental Offices	03
Public Pharmacies	29
Private Pharmacies	22

Source: MSHPCMU, 2022

 

The promising sectors include agriculture and agro-industry, animal resources, wood industry, and tourism.

 

• Agriculture:

Type of crop	Crops	Production (in tons)
		2021	2022	2023
Cash crops	Rubber	58,682	77,469	78,133
	Cocoa	67,755	67,512	60,963
	Coffee	654	827	784
	Cashew	2,928	4,077	4,163
Food crops	Plantain banana	73,157	75,992	133,401
	Yam	36,831	37,784	434,788
	Manioc	64,320	69,441	386,952
	Taro	1,640	1,689	ND
	Peanut	1,598	1,663	5,684
Vegetable crops	Eggplant	3,120	3,195	3,021
	Okra	2,428	2,502	4,226
	Tomato	2,793	2,879	1,816

Source: MEMINADERPV, 2023 ND: Not Available

 

• Animal resources:

Type of livestock	Species	Livestock (in number of heads)
		2022
Poultry	Broilers	1,843,121
	Layers	2,193,297
	Traditional chickens	3,212
Ruminants	Cattle	14,883
	Sheep	17,278
	Goats	5,127
Pigs	Traditional pig	4,826
	Modern pig

Source: MIRAH, estimate 2022

 

• Wood sector: three (03) wood processing factories for semi-finished and finished products.
• Tourism: the region's tourist offerings include:
  • Royal Palace;
  • Traditional Arts Museum;
  • Annual Yam Festival.

As part of the implementation of the National Development Plan (PND) 2021-2025, the Indénié-Djuablin Region is included in the area covered by the Agro-pole of food basin and agro-industrial zone near Abidjan (Agro-pole 3).

Investment opportunities exist in the following sectors:

• Agriculture and Agro-industry: Establishment of processing plants for cash crop productions (cocoa, coffee, oil palm, rubber) and development of the fisheries sector;
• Agro-Industry: Processing of cocoa and cashew nuts;
• Livestock: Establishment of poultry farms.

Some priority projects and actions have been identified for the benefit of the Indénié-Djuablin Region, including:

NB	Project or Action Description	Planning Document	Estimated Cost (FCFA)	Observations (Project or action ongoing or not started)
01	Construction of a wholesale market and collection and grouping centers	PND 2021 -2025	Not specified	Business opportunity to seize
02	Development of an industrial zone with an industrial land reserve of 342 ha		Not specified	Business opportunity to seize
03	Electrification of localities in Indénié-Djuablin		Not specified	Business opportunity to seize
04	Construction and strengthening of roads (heavy and light reshaping) and infrastructure		Not specified	Business opportunity to seize
05	Construction of social and economic housing		Not specified	Business opportunity to seize
06	Implementation of the land development program for the production of housing and serviced land accessible to all		Not specified	Business opportunity to seize
07	Implementation of the Competitive Economic Pole (PEC) program in Abengourou (Secondary Economic Connector).		Not specified	Business opportunity to seize

Source: MEPD, 2024 / PS-Gouv2