Danané Department is a department of

Tonkpi Region Tonkpi Region is one of the 31 regions of Ivory Coast. Since its establishment in 2011, it has been one of three regions in Montagnes District. The seat of the region is Man and the region's population in the 2021 census was 1,387,909, predominantl ...

Montagnes District Montagnes District (french: District des Montagnes) is one of fourteen 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, S ...

, Ivory Coast. In 2021, its population was 364,012 and its seat is the settlement of

Danané Danané is a city in the far west of Ivory Coast. It is a sub-prefecture of and the seat of Danané Department in Tonkpi Region, Montagnes District. Danané is also a commune. The city is 25 kilometres east of the border with Liberia, 30 kil ...

. The sub-prefectures of the department are

Daleu Daleu is a town in the far west of Ivory Coast. It is a sub-prefecture of Danané Department in Tonkpi Region, Montagnes District. Daleu was a commune A commune is an alternative term for an intentional community. Commune or comună or comune or ...

Gbon-Houyé Gbon-Houyé is a town in the far west of Ivory Coast. It is a sub-prefecture of Danané Department in Tonkpi Region, Montagnes District Montagnes District (french: District des Montagnes) is one of fourteen administrative districts of Ivory Coa ...

Kouan-Houlé Kouan-Houlé is a town in the far west of Ivory Coast. It is a sub-prefecture of Danané Department in Tonkpi Region, Montagnes District Montagnes District (french: District des Montagnes) is one of fourteen administrative districts of Ivory Co ...

Mahapleu Mahapleu (also known as Kuépleu) is a town in western Ivory Coast. It is a sub-prefecture of Danané Department in Tonkpi Region, Montagnes District Montagnes District (french: District des Montagnes) is one of fourteen administrative district ...

Séileu Séileu is a town in the far west of Ivory Coast. It is a sub-prefecture of Danané Department in Tonkpi Region, Montagnes District Montagnes District (french: District des Montagnes) is one of fourteen administrative districts of Ivory Coast. ...

, and

Zonneu Zonneu is a town in the far west of Ivory Coast. It is a sub-prefecture of Danané Department in Tonkpi Region, Montagnes District Montagnes District (french: District des Montagnes) is one of fourteen administrative districts of Ivory Coast. T ...

History

Danané 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 Ouest Department. In 1997,

regions In geography, regions, otherwise referred to as zones, lands or territories, are areas that are broadly divided by physical characteristics (physical geography), human impact characteristics (human geography), and the interaction of humanity and t ...

were introduced as new first-level subdivisions of Ivory Coast; as a result, all departments were converted into second-level subdivisions. Danané Department was included in Dix-Huit Montagnes Region. The territory of the department was unchanged until 2005, when it was divided in order to create Zouan-Hounien Department."Regions of Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast)"
statoids.com, accessed 16 February 2016. In 2011, districts 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, Danané Department became part of

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