N'Zi Region is one of the 31

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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 ...

. Since its establishment in 2011, it has been one of the regions in

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 ...

. The seat of the region is

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 the region's population in the 2021 census was 254,623. N'Zi is the only region is the country that does not border another district—it is entirely surrounded by other regions of Lacs District. N'Zi Region is currently divided into three

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, ...

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 ...

, and Kouassi-Kouassikro.

History

In 2012, N'Zi Region was divided to create

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 ...

.Décret n° 2012-612 du 04 juillet 2012 portant création de la Région du Moronou
.

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Bongouanou Bongouanou is the town in east-central Ivory Coast. It is a sub-prefecture of and the seat of Bongouanou Department. It is also the seat of Moronou Region in Lacs District Lacs District (; , "Lakes") is one of fourteen administrative districts ...

, and

M'Batto Department M'Batto Department is a department of Moronou Region in Lacs District, Ivory Coast. In 2021, its population was 142,750 and its seat is the settlement of M'Batto. The sub-prefectures of the department are Anoumaba, Assahara, M'Batto, and Ti� ...

s were removed from N'Zi and became the departments of Moronou.

Notes

Regions of Lacs District States and territories established in 2011 2011 establishments in Ivory Coast {{LacsCI-geo-stub