Didiévi Department is a department of

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 ...

Lacs District Lacs District (; , "Lakes") 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 2011 administr ...

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 93,629 and its seat is the settlement of

Didiévi Didiévi is a town in central Ivory Coast. It is a sub-prefecture and the seat of the Didiévi Department in the Bélier Region of the Lacs District Lacs District (; , "Lakes") is one of fourteen administrative districts of Ivory Coast. The dis ...

. The sub-prefectures of the department are Boli,

Molonou-Blé Molonou-Blé is a town in central Ivory Coast. It is a sub-prefecture of Didiévi Department in Bélier Region, Lacs District Lacs District (; , "Lakes") is one of fourteen administrative districts of Ivory Coast. The district is located in the ...

Raviart Raviart is a town in central Ivory Coast. It is a sub-prefecture of Didiévi Department in Bélier Region, Lacs District Lacs District (; , "Lakes") is one of fourteen administrative districts of Ivory Coast. The district is located in the cent ...

, and Tié-N'Diékro.

History

Didiévi Department was created in 2005 as a second-level subdivision via a split-off from

Tiébissou Department Tiébissou Department is a Departments of Ivory Coast, department of Bélier Region in Lacs District, Ivory Coast. In 2021, its population was 116,321 and its seat is the settlement of Tiébissou. The sub-prefectures of Ivory Coast, sub-prefectures ...

."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 Auto ...

. 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, Didiévi Department became part of

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