N'Zi-Comoé Region is a defunct

region 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 ...

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 ...

. From 1997 to 2011, it was a first-level subdivision region. The region's capital was

Dimbokro Dimbokro is a town in south-central Ivory Coast. It is the seat of both Lacs District and N'Zi Region. It is also the seat of and a sub-prefecture of Dimbokro Department. Dimbokro is also a commune. The town is located along the river N'Zi, a ...

and its area was 19,242 km². Since 2011, the area formerly encompassed by the region is part of

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 ...

.Décret n° 2011-263 du 28 septembre 2011 portant organisation du territoire national en Districts et en Régions.

Administrative divisions

At the time of its dissolution, N'Zi-Comoé Region was divided into eight

departments Department may refer to: * Departmentalization, division of a larger organization into parts with specific responsibility Government and military * Department (administrative division), a geographical and administrative division within a country, ...

Arrah Arrah (also transliterated as Ara) is a city and a municipal corporation in Bhojpur district, India, Bhojpur district (formerly known as Shahabad district) in the Indian state of Bihar. It is the headquarters of Bhojpur district, India, Bhojpur ...

Bocanda Bocanda is a town in east-central Ivory Coast. It is a sub-prefecture of and seat of Bocanda Department in N'Zi Region, Lacs District Lacs District (; , "Lakes") is one of fourteen administrative districts of Ivory Coast. The district is locate ...

, Bongouanou, Daoukro,

, M'Bahiakro, M'Batto, and

Prikro Prikro is a town in east-central Ivory Coast. It is a sub-prefecture of and the seat of Prikro Department in Iffou Region, Lacs District. Prikro is also a commune. Bouaké Bouaké (or Bwake, N'Ko script, N’ko: ߓߐ߰ߞߍ߫ ''Bɔ̀ɔkɛ́' ...

Abolition

N'Zi Comoé Region was abolished as part of the 2011 administrative reorganisation of the

subdivisions of Ivory Coast Ivory Coast (Côte d'Ivoire) is a relatively Decentralization, decentralised state. The country divided into 14 Districts of Ivory Coast, districts, of which two are cities organised as autonomous districts. The other 12 districts are subdivided in ...

. The area formerly encompassed by the region is now part of

. The territories of the departments of Daoukro, M'Bahiakro, and Prikro became the second-level

Iffou Region Iffou Region is one of the 31 regions of Ivory Coast. Since its establishment in 2011, it has been one of the regions in Lacs District. The seat of the region is Daoukro, and the region's population in the 2021 census was 378,560. Iffou is curr ...

. The remaining territory—the departments of Bocanda, Bongouanou and Dimbokro—became

N'Zi Region N'Zi Region is one of the 31 Regions of Ivory Coast, regions of Ivory Coast. Since its establishment in 2011, it has been one of the regions in Lacs District. The seat of the region is Dimbokro and the region's population in the 2021 census was 254, ...

. Later, in 2012,

Moronou Region Moronou Region is one of the 31 regions of Ivory Coast. Since its creation in 2012, it has been one of four regions in Lacs District. The seat of the region is Bongouanou and the region's population in the 2021 census was 439,755. Moronou is cur ...

was created from what had previously been the territory of Bongouanou Department in N'Zi-Comoé Region.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:NZi-Comoe Former regions of Ivory Coast States and territories disestablished in 2011 2011 disestablishments in Ivory Coast 1997 establishments in Ivory Coast States and territories established in 1997