Agnibilékrou Department is a department of Indénié-Djuablin Region in Comoé District,

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 216,264 and its seat is the settlement of

Agnibilékrou Agnibilékrou is a town in eastern Ivory Coast. It is a sub-prefecture of and seat of Agnibilékrou Department in Indénié-Djuablin Region, Comoé District. Agnibilékrou is also a commune. In 2021, the population of the sub-prefecture of Agni ...

. The sub-prefectures of the department are

, Akoboissué, Damé, Duffrébo, and Tanguélan.

History

Agnibilékrou Department was created in 1995 as a first-level subdivision via a split-off from

Abengourou Department Abengourou Department is a Departments of Ivory Coast, department of Indénié-Djuablin Region in Comoé District, Ivory Coast. In 2021, its population was 430,539 and its seat is the settlement of Abengourou. The sub-prefectures of Ivory Coast, su ...

."Regions of Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast)"
statoids.com, accessed 16 February 2016. It was the final department created prior to the 1997 conversion of departments into the second-level subdivisions of Ivory Coast. In 1997,

regions In geography, regions, otherwise referred to as areas, zones, lands or territories, are portions of the Earth's surface that are broadly divided by physical characteristics (physical geography), human impact characteristics (human geography), and ...

were introduced as new first-level subdivisions of Ivory Coast; as a result, all departments were converted into second-level subdivisions. Agnibilékrou Department was included in Moyen-Comoé Region. 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, Agnibilékrou Department became part of Indénié-Djuablin Region in Comoé District. In 2014, the population of the sub-prefecture of Duffrébo was 42,426.

Villages

Notes

Departments of Indénié-Djuablin 1995 establishments in Ivory Coast States and territories established in 1995 {{ComoéCI-geo-stub