Doropo Department is a

department Department may refer to: * Departmentalization, division of a larger organization into parts with specific responsibility Government and military *Department (administrative division), a geographical and administrative division within a country, ...

Bounkani Region Bounkani Region is one of the 31 regions of Ivory Coast. Since its establishment in 2011, it has been one of two regions in Zanzan District. The seat of the region is Bouna and the region's population in the 2021 census was 427,037. Bounkani is c ...

Zanzan District Zanzan District (french: District du Zanzan) is one of fourteen administrative districts of Ivory Coast. The district is located in the northeast of the country. The capital of the district is Bondoukou. Creation Zanzan District was created in a ...

Ivory Coast Ivory Coast, also known as Côte d'Ivoire, officially the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire, is a country on the southern coast of West Africa. Its capital is Yamoussoukro, in the centre of the country, while its largest city and economic centre is ...

. In 2021, its population was 93,386 and its seat is the settlement of

Doropo Doropo is a town in the far northeast of Ivory Coast. It is a sub-prefecture of and the seat of Doropo Department in Bounkani Region, Zanzan District, adjacent to the border with Burkina Faso. Doropo is also a commune. Fifteen kilometres northwe ...

. The sub-prefectures of the department are

Danoa Danoa is a town in the far northeast of Ivory Coast, adjacent to the border with Burkina Faso. It is a sub-prefecture of Doropo Department in Bounkani Region, Zanzan District. Danoa was a commune A commune is an alternative term for an intenti ...

, Kalamon, and Niamoué.

History

Doropo Department was created in 2011 as part of the restructuring of the

subdivisions of Ivory Coast Ivory Coast (Côte d'Ivoire) is a relatively decentralised state. The country divided into 14 districts, of which two are cities organised as autonomous districts. The 12 non-autonomous districts are subdivided into 31 second-level regions. The auto ...

, when departments were converted from the second-level administrative subdivisions of the country to the third-level subdivisions. It and

Téhini Department Téhini Department is a Departments of Ivory Coast, department of Bounkani, Bounkani Region in Zanzan District, Ivory Coast. In 2021, its population was 83,846 and its seat is the settlement of Téhini. The sub-prefectures of Ivory Coast, sub-prefe ...

were created by splitting

Bouna Department Bouna Department is a department of Bounkani Region in Zanzan District, Ivory Coast. In 2021, its population was 178,081 and its seat is the settlement of Bouna. The sub-prefectures of the department are Bouko, Bouna, Ondéfidouo, and Youn ...

into three departments and a fourth area in

Comoé National Park The Comoé National Park is a Biosphere Reserve and UNESCO World Heritage Site in the Zanzan and Savanes Districts of north-eastern Ivory Coast. It is the largest protected area in West Africa, with an area of 11,500 km2, and ranges from t ...

that is not governed by a department.

Notes

Departments of Bounkani States and territories established in 2011 2011 establishments in Ivory Coast {{Zanzan-geo-stub