Vallée du Bandama 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

Bouaké Bouaké (or Bwake, N'Ko script, N’ko: ߓߐ߰ߞߍ߫ ''Bɔ̀ɔkɛ́'') is the second-largest list of cities in Ivory Coast, city in Ivory Coast, with a population of 740,000 (2021 census). It is the seat of three levels of subdivisions of Ivory ...

and its area was 28,518 km². Since 2011, the area formerly encompassed by the region is co-extensive with

Vallée du Bandama District Vallée du Bandama District (, , " Bandama Valley") is one of fourteen administrative districts of Ivory Coast. The district is located in the north-central part of the country. The capital of the district is Bouaké. Creation Vallée du Bandam ...

.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, Vallée du Bandama Region was divided into seven

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, ...

Béoumi Béoumi is a town in central 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 o ...

Botro Botro (also known as Kouadio Kro) is a town in central Ivory Coast. It is a sub-prefectures of Ivory Coast, sub-prefecture of and the seat of Botro Department in Gbêkê Region, Vallée du Bandama District. Botro is also a Communes of Ivory Coast, ...

Dabakala Dabakala is a town in northeast Ivory Coast. It is a sub-prefecture of and the seat of Dabakala Department in Hambol Region, Vallée du Bandama District. Dabakala is also a commune. Under the Wassoulou Empire, Dabakala was a major center of t ...

, Katiola, Niakaramandougou, and Sakassou.

Abolition

Vallée du Bandama 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

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Vallee du Bandama Region 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