Tiébissou 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, ...

Bélier Region Bélier Region is one of the 31 regions of Ivory Coast. The region's population in the 2021 census was 415,593. The seat of the region is in Toumodi. Prior to 2017, the seat of the region was in Yamoussoukro, outside the region, and the prefect o ...

Lacs District Lacs District (french: District des Lacs) is one of fourteen administrative districts of Ivory Coast. The district is located in the central part of the country. The capital of the district is Dimbokro. Creation Lacs District was created in a 2 ...

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 116,321 and its seat is the settlement of

Tiébissou is a town in central Ivory Coast. It is a sub-prefecture of and the seat of Tiébissou Department in Bélier Region, Lacs District. Tiébissou is also a commune A commune is an alternative term for an intentional community. Commune or comună or ...

. The sub-prefectures of the department are Lomokankro,

Molonou Molonou is a town in central Ivory Coast. It is a sub-prefecture of Tiébissou Department in Bélier Region, Lacs District. The town is on the east shore of Lake Kossou. Molonou was a commune A commune is an alternative term for an intentional ...

, and Yakpabo-Sakassou.

History

Tiébissou Department was created in 1998 as a second-level subdivision via a split-off from

Yamoussoukro Department Yamoussoukro Department is a department of Ivory Coast. The department houses the political capital of Ivory Coast, Yamoussoukro, and is one of two departments in the Yamoussoukro Autonomous District. Population and sub-prefectures In the 2014 c ...

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

Lacs Region Lacs Region is a defunct region of Ivory Coast. From 1997 to 2011, it was a first-level subdivision region. The region's capital was Yamoussoukro and its area was 8,875 km². Since 2011, the area formerly encompassed by the region is the Au ...

. In 2005, Tiébissou Department was divided in order to create

Didiévi Department Didiévi Department is a Departments of Ivory Coast, department of Bélier Region in Lacs District, Ivory Coast. In 2021, its population was 93,629 and its seat is the settlement of Didiévi. The sub-prefectures of Ivory Coast, sub-prefectures of t ...

. 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, Tiébissou Department became part of

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