Aboisso Department is a department of Sud-Comoé Region in Comoé District,

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. In 2021, its population was 361,842 and its seat is the settlement of

Aboisso Aboisso is a town in south-eastern Ivory Coast lying on the Soumié River. It is a sub-prefecture of the Aboisso Department for which it is also the seat of government. Aboisso is also a commune as well as the seat of government for the Sud-Co ...

. The sub-prefectures of the department are

Adaou Adaou is a town in south-eastern Ivory Coast. It is a sub-prefecture of Aboisso Department in Sud-Comoé Region, Comoé District. Adaou was a commune A commune is an alternative term for an intentional community. Commune or comună or comune ...

, Adjouan,

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, Bianouan, Kouakro, Maféré, and Yaou.

History

Aboisso Department locator map Côte d'Ivoire (1969-74)

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 Department. Using current boundaries as a reference, the new department occupied all of what today is Sud-Comoé Region. In 1997,

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were introduced as new first-level subdivisions of Ivory Coast; as a result, all departments were converted into second-level subdivisions. The territory of Aboisso Department was co-extensive with that of the new 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 Grand-Bassam Department is a department of Sud-Comoé Region in Comoé District, Ivory Coast. In 2021, its population was 267,103 and its seat is the settlement of Grand-Bassam. The sub-prefectures of the department are Bongo, Bonoua, and Gran ...

."Regions of Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast)"
statoids.com, accessed 16 February 2016. In 2011,

districts A district is a type of administrative division that, in some countries, is managed by the local government. Across the world, areas known as "districts" vary greatly in size, spanning regions or counties, several municipalities, subdivisions o ...

were introduced as new first-level subdivisions of Ivory Coast. At the same time, regions were reorganised and became second-level subdivisions and all departments were converted into third-level subdivisions. At this time, Aboisso Department remained part of the retained Sud-Comoé Region in the new Comoé District.

Notes

Departments of Sud-Comoé 1969 establishments in Ivory Coast States and territories established in 1969 {{ComoéCI-geo-stub