Sassandra Department is a
department of
Gbôklé Region in
Bas-Sassandra District,
Ivory Coast
Ivory Coast, also known as Côte d'Ivoire, officially the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire, is a country on the southern coast of West Africa. Its capital is Yamoussoukro, in the centre of the country, while its largest city and economic centre is ...
. In 2021, its population was 353,228 and its seat is the settlement of
Sassandra. The
sub-prefectures of the department are
Dakpadou,
Grihiri,
Lobakuya
Lobakuya is a town in south-western Ivory Coast. It is a sub-prefecture of Sassandra Department in Gbôklé Region
Gbôklé Region is one of the 31 regions of Ivory Coast. Since its establishment in 2011, it has been one of three regions in Bas ...
,
Médon,
Sago
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, and
Sassandra.
History
Sassandra 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 by taking territory from both
Centre-Ouest Department and
Sud Department. Using current boundaries as a reference, from 1969 to 1980 the department occupied the same territory as
Bas-Sassandra District, with the exception of
Fresco Department (ie, all of
Nawa
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* Nawa, Rajasthan, a city and Tehsil in Nagaur district in the Indian State of Rajasthan
* Nawa District, a district in Ghazni Province, Afghanistan
* Nawa, Afghanistan, a town in the central part of Nawa District, in Ghazni P ...
,
San-Pédro, and
Gbôklé Regions save Fresco Department).
In 1980, Sassandra Department was divided to create
Soubré Department.
["Regions of Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast)"]
statoids.com, accessed 16 February 2016. What remained was divided into three parts in 1988 in order to create
San-Pédro and
Tabou Departments.
[
In 1997, ]regions
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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. Sassandra Department was included in Bas-Sassandra Region.
Sassandra Department was divided a third time in 2008 when Guéyo Department was created from it.[Décret n° 2008-96 du 5 mars 2008 portant création des départements de Bettié, Botro, Guéyo, Koro, Kouto, Ouangolodougou, Sinématiali, Tiapoum, Yakassé-Attobrou et Zoukougbeu.]
In 2011, districts
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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, Sassandra Department became part of Gbôklé Region in Bas-Sassandra District.
Maps of historical boundaries
File:Sassandra Department locator map Côte d'Ivoire (1969-74).jpg, Sassandra Department upon its creation in 1969. It kept these boundaries until 1980, but other departments began to be divided in 1974.
File:Sassandra Department locator map Côte d'Ivoire (1980-88).jpg, Sassandra Department from 1980 to 1988.
File:Sassandra Department locator map Côte d'Ivoire (1988-95).jpg, Sassandra Department from 1988 to 2008. (Other departments began to be divided in 1995.)
In 2014, the population of the sub-prefecture of Sassandra was 72,221.
Villages
The villages of the sub-prefecture of Sassandra and their population in 2014 are:[
]
Notes
Departments of Gbôklé
1969 establishments in Ivory Coast
States and territories established in 1969
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