Adzopé Department is a department of

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Lagunes District Lagunes District (, , ) is one of fourteen administrative districts of Ivory Coast. The district is located in the southern part of the country. The capital of the district is Dabou. Creation Lagunes District was created in a 2011 administrative ...

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

. In 2021, its population was 283,727 and its seat is the settlement of

Adzopé Adzopé is a town in south-eastern Ivory Coast. It is a sub-prefecture of and the seat of Adzopé Department. It is also a commune and the seat of La Mé Region in Lagunes District. In the 2021 census, the sub-prefecture of Adzopé had a populat ...

. The sub-prefectures of the department are

, Agou, Annépé, Assikoi, Bécédi-Brignan, and Yakassé-Mé.

History

Adzopé Department was created in 1969 as one of the 24 new departments that were created to take the place of the six departments that were being abolished. It was created from territory that was formerly part of Sud Department. Using current boundaries as a reference, the department occupied all of what is today

, with the exception of

Alépé Department Alépé Department is a department of La Mé Region in Lagunes District, Ivory Coast. In 2021, its population was 180,253 and its seat is the settlement of Alépé. The sub-prefectures of the department are Aboisso-Comoé, Alépé, Allosso, ...

. In 1997,

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were introduced as new first-level subdivisions of Ivory Coast; as a result, all departments were converted into second-level subdivisions. Adzopé Department was combined with

Agboville Department Agboville Department is a Departments of Ivory Coast, department of Agnéby-Tiassa Region in Lagunes District, Ivory Coast. In 2021, its population was 384,340 and its seat is the settlement of Agboville. The sub-prefectures of Ivory Coast, sub-pre ...

to form Agnéby Region. In 2005, Adzopé Department was divided in order to create

Akoupé Department Akoupé Department is a department of La Mé Region in Lagunes District, Ivory Coast. In 2021, its population was 156,698 and its seat is the settlement of Akoupé. The sub-prefectures of the department are Afféry, Akoupé, and Bécouéfin. ...

."Regions of Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast)"
statoids.com, accessed 16 February 2016. What remained of Adzopé Department was divided again in 2008 with the split-off creation of

Yakassé-Attobrou Department Yakassé-Attobrou Department is a department of La Mé Region in Lagunes District, Ivory Coast. In 2021, its population was 105,986 and its seat is the settlement of Yakassé-Attobrou. The sub-prefectures of the department are Abongoua, Biéby ...

.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,

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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, Adzopé Department became part of

Notes

References

"Monographie du département d’Adzopé: Le renforcement des infrastructures de base et la valorisation de l’agriculture, des enjeux pour le plein essor de ce département"
abidjan.net, 28 April 2015 Departments of La Mé 1969 establishments in Ivory Coast States and territories established in 1969 {{Lagunes-geo-stub