Adiaké Department is a department of

Sud-Comoé Region Sud-Comoé Region is one of the 31 regions of Ivory Coast. Since 2011, it has been one of two regions in Comoé District. The region's seat is Aboisso. The region's area is 7,240 km2, and its population in the 2021 census was 784,893. Histo ...

in Comoé District,

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. In 2021, its population was 88,006 and its seat is the settlement of

Adiaké Adiaké is a town in southeastern Ivory Coast, located on the western shore of Aby Lagoon. It is a sub-prefecture of and the seat of Adiaké Department in Sud-Comoé Region Sud-Comoé Region is one of the 31 regions of Ivory Coast. Since 2011, ...

. The sub-prefectures of the department are

, Assinie-Mafia, and Etuéboué.

History

Adiaké Department was created in 1998 as a second-level subdivision via a split-off from Aboisso Department. At its creation, it was part of

. Adiaké Department was divided in 2008 with the split-off creation of Tiapoum Department.Décret n° 2008-96 du 5 mars 2008 portant création des départements de Bettié, Botro, Guéyo, Koro, Kouto, Ouangolodougou, Sinématiali, Tiapoum, Yakassé-Attobrou et Zoukougbeu. 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 ...

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, Adiaké Department remained part of the retained

in the new Comoé District. In 2014, the population of the sub-prefecture of Adiaké was 44,257.

Villages

The villages of the sub-prefecture of Adiaké and their population in 2014 are:

Notes

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