Vallée du Bandama District (, , " Bandama Valley") is one of fourteen administrative districts of

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 ...

. The district is located in the north-central part of the country. The capital of the district is

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Creation

Vallée du Bandama District was created in a 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 ...

.Décret n° 2011-263 du 28 septembre 2011 portant organisation du territoire national en Districts et en Régions. The territory of the district was composed of the former Vallée du Bandama Region.

Location

The district is located in the north-central part of the country, it borders from north, going clockwise

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, Zanzan District, Lacs District, Sassandra-Marahoué District,

Woroba District Woroba District () is one of 14 administrative districts of Ivory Coast. It is in the northwest part of the country. Its capital is Séguéla. Creation Woroba District was created in a 2011 administrative reorganisation of the subdivisions of ...

Administrative divisions

Vallée du Bandama District is currently subdivided into two

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and the following

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, ...

: * Gbêkê Region (region seat also in

) **

Béoumi Department Béoumi Department is a department of Gbêkê Region in Vallée du Bandama District, Ivory Coast. In 2021, its population was 195,015 and its seat is the settlement of Béoumi. The sub-prefectures of the department are Ando-Kékrénou, Béoumi ...

** Botro Department **

Bouaké Department Bouaké Department is a Departments of Ivory Coast, department of Gbêkê Region in Vallée du Bandama District, Ivory Coast. In 2021, its population was 931,851 making it the second most populous department in the country behind Abidjan Department ...

** Sakassou Department * Hambol Region (region seat in Katiola) ** Dabakala Department ** Katiola Department ** Niakaramandougou Department

Population

According to the 2021 census, Vallée du Bandama District has a population of 1,964,929.

References

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