Sandégué Department is a department of

Gontougo Region Gontougo 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 Bondoukou and the region's population in the 2021 census was 917,828. Gontougo ...

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 ...

, Ivory Coast. In 2021, its population was 69,742 and its seat is the settlement of Sandégué. The sub-prefectures of the department are

Bandakagni-Tomora Bandakagni-Tomora (also spelled Bandakanyi-Tomoura) is a town in eastern Ivory Coast. It is a sub-prefecture of Sandégué Department in Gontougo Region, Zanzan District. Bandakagni-Tomora was a commune A commune is an alternative term for an i ...

, Dimandougou, Sandégué, and Yorobodi.

History

Sandégué Department was created in 2009 as a second-level subdivision via a split-off from

Bondoukou Department Bondoukou Department is a Departments of Ivory Coast, department of Gontougo Region in Zanzan District, Ivory Coast. In 2021, its population was 453,841 and its seat is the settlement of Bondoukou. The sub-prefectures of Ivory Coast, sub-prefecture ...

."Regions of Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast)"
statoids.com, accessed 16 February 2016. At its creation, it was part of

Zanzan Region Zanzan Region is a defunct region of Ivory Coast. From 1997 to 2011, it was a first-level subdivision region. The region's capital was Bondoukou and its area was 38,251 km². Since 2011, the area formerly encompassed by the region is co-exte ...

. 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, Sandégué Department became part of

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