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. In 2021, its population was 571,688 and its seat is the settlement of

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. The sub-prefectures of the department are Chiépo, Didoko,

, Hiré,

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, Ogoudou, and Zégo.

History

Divo 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, from 1969 to 1980 the department occupied the territory of Lôh-Djiboua Region plus Fresco Department. In 1980, Divo Department was divided to create

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."Regions of Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast)"
statoids.com, accessed 16 February 2016. 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. Divo Department was included in Sud-Bandama Region. Divo Department was divided a second time in 2008 to create Fresco DepartmentDécret n° 2008-282 du 8 octobre 2008 portant création du département de Fresco. and a third time in 2009 to create Guitry Department. 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, Divo Department became part of Lôh-Djiboua Region in

Maps of historical boundaries

File:Divo Department locator map Côte d'Ivoire (1969-74).jpg, Divo Department upon its creation in 1969. It kept these boundaries until 1980, but other departments began to be divided in 1974. File:Divo Department locator map Côte d'Ivoire (1980-88).jpg, Divo Department from 1980 to 2008. (Other subdivision boundaries began to change in 1988.) File:Divo Department locator map Côte d'Ivoire (2008-09).jpg, Divo Department from 2008 to 2009.

Notes

Departments of Lôh-Djiboua 1969 establishments in Ivory Coast States and territories established in 1969 {{Gôh-Djiboua-geo-stub