Aboisso Department
Aboisso Department
Département d'Aboisso | |
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Aboisso Department is a
Sud-Comoé Region in Comoé District, Ivory Coast. In 2021, its population was 361,842 and its seat is the settlement of Aboisso. The sub-prefectures of the department are Aboisso, Adaou, Adjouan, Ayamé, Bianouan, Kouakro, Maféré, and Yaou
.
History
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Aboisso Department was created in 1969, as one of the 24 new departments that were created to take the place of the six departments that were being abolished. It was created from territory that was formerly part of
Sud-Comoé Region
.
In 1997,
Sud-Comoé Region, which created a need to divide the department to avoid having completely overlapping first- and second-level subdivision. In 1998, Aboisso Department was split into three parts in order to create Adiaké Department and Grand-Bassam Department.[4]
In 2011,
Sud-Comoé Region in the new Comoé District
.
Notes
- ^ "Préfets de Région et de Préfets de Département (Conseil des ministres du mercredi 26 septembre 2012)", abidjan.net, 2 October 2012.
- ^ "Découverte du Sud-Comoé" Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine, ardci-rd.ci, accessed 23 February 2016.
- ^ Citypopulation.de Population of the regions and departments of Ivory Coast
- ^ "Regions of Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast)", statoids.com, accessed 16 February 2016.
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Regional seat: Aboisso | ||
| Aboisso Department |  | |
| Adiaké Department | ||
| Grand-Bassam Department | ||
| Tiapoum Department | ||
* also a commune | ||
| Authority control databases: National |
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5°28′N 3°12′W / 5.467°N 3.200°W
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