Kaniasso 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, ...

Folon Region Folon Region is one of the 31 regions of Ivory Coast. Since its establishment in 2011, it has been one of two regions in Denguélé District. The seat of the region is Minignan and the region's population in the 2021 census was 146,209, making it t ...

Denguélé District Denguélé District (french: district du Denguélé, ) is one of fourteen administrative districts of Ivory Coast. The district is located in the northwest corner of the country. The capital of the district is Odienné. Creation Denguélé Distr ...

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 84,572 and its seat is the settlement of

Kaniasso Kaniasso is a town in north-western Ivory Coast. It is a sub-prefecture of and the seat of Kaniasso Department in Folon Region, Denguélé District. Kaniasso is also a commune A commune is an alternative term for an intentional community. Commun ...

. The sub-prefectures of the department are

Goulia Goulia is a town in north-western Ivory Coast. It is a sub-prefecture and commune of Kaniasso Department Kaniasso Department is a department of Folon Region in Denguélé District, Ivory Coast. In 2021, its population was 84,572 and its seat i ...

and

Mahandiana-Sokourani Mahandiana-Sokourani (also spelled Mahandiana-Soukourani) is a town in north-western Ivory Coast. It is a sub-prefecture of Kaniasso Department in Folon Region, Denguélé District. Mahandiana-Sokourani was a commune A commune is an alternative ...

History

Kaniasso 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 was created by splitting

Minignan Department Minignan Department is a department of Folon Region in Denguélé District, Ivory Coast. In 2021, its population was 61,637 and its seat is the settlement of Minignan. The sub-prefectures of the department are Kimbirila-Nord, Minignan, Sokoro, and ...

Notes

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