Located in the Autonomous District of Abidjan and straddling the sub-prefectures of Bingerville in the South and Brofodoumé in the North, the Aghien Partial Nature Reserve is the latest park and reserve in Côte d'Ivoire.

It was created by decree No. 2020-561 of 8 July 2020 creating the Aghien Partial Nature Reserve following a joint report by the Ministers:

• Water and Forests;
• Construction, Housing and Urbanism;
• of the City;
• Environment and Sustainable Development;
• and Hydraulics.

With a polygonal shape of 366 peaks, the Aghien Partial Nature Reserve covers an area of 5,675 ha including a portion of land around the Aghien lagoon and the lagoon itself referred to here as Lake Aghien.

According to article 4 of this creation decree, “the exercise of subsistence fishing carried out by the coastal populations is authorized in the Aghien Lagoon in compliance with the regulations in force and under the control of the reserve management authority”.