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12-450: Haut-Sassandra is currently divided into four departments : Daloa , Issia , Vavoua , and Zoukougbeu . The region is traversed by a northwesterly line of equal latitude and longitude. Haut-Sassandra Region was created in 1997 as a first-level administrative region of the country. In 2000, Gagnoa Department was split off from Haut-Sassandra and combined with Oumé Department from Marahoué Region to form Fromager Region . As part of

24-1359: Is divided into two or more sub-prefectures , which serve as fourth-level administrative subdivisions. There are currently 510 sub-prefectures in the country. Below are the departments divided by district and region with the establishment year of the departments in parentheses. Gbôklé Region Nawa Region San-Pédro Region Indénié-Djuablin Region Sud-Comoé Region Folon Region Kabadougou Region Gôh Region Lôh-Djiboua Region Bélier Region Iffou Region Moronou Region N'Zi Region Agnéby-Tiassa Region Grands-Ponts Region La Mé Region Cavally Region Guémon Region Tonkpi Region Haut-Sassandra Region Marahoué Region Bagoué Region Poro Region Tchologo Region Gbêkê Region Hambol Region Bafing Region Béré Region Worodougou Region Bounkani Region Gontougo Region There are six departments of Ivory Coast that have been eliminated. Sub-prefectures of Ivory Coast Sub-prefectures of Ivory Coast ( French : sous-préfectures de Côte d'Ivoire ) are

36-447: Is headed by a sub-prefect, who is appointed by the council of ministers (cabinet) of the national government. The sub-prefecture implements the programmes passed down by the department and works directly with the mayors and heads of villages to ensure cooperation and standardisation throughout the sub-prefecture. Below is a list of sub-prefectures organized by district, region and department. Population figures in parentheses are based on

48-524: The 2011 administrative reorganisation of the subdivisions of Ivory Coast , Haut-Sassandra was converted into a second-level administrative region and became part of the new first-level Sassandra-Marahoué District . No territorial changes were made to Haut-Sassandra as a result of the reorganisation. 7°0′N 6°30′W  /  7.000°N 6.500°W  / 7.000; -6.500 Departments of Ivory Coast Departments of Ivory Coast ( French : départements de Côte d'Ivoire ) are currently

60-455: The city or town that serves as the seat of the department. In most cases, this is the most populous settlement in the department. Each department is headed by a prefect, who is appointed by the council of ministers (cabinet) of the national government. For departments that house regional capitals, the prefect of the department is the same individual as the prefect of the region, though the two offices of prefect remain distinct. Each department

72-641: The country are not subdivided into sub-prefectures. First, the urban portion the Autonomous District of Abidjan—constituting Abidjan City proper—contains no sub-prefectures, only communes, although the more rural areas of the Autonomous District of Abidjan are divided into sub-prefectures. Second, the portion of the Comoé National Park that is located in Zanzan District is not divided into sub-prefectures. Each sub-prefecture

84-417: The first-level administrative subdivision. As a result, the 50 departments became second-level divisions. More departments were created in 1998 (8), 2005 (12), 2008 (11), and 2009 (9). By the time of the late-2011 reorganisation of the subdivisions of Ivory Coast, there were 90 departments in 19 regions. In the 2011 reorganisation of the subdivisions of Ivory Coast, five new departments were created, bringing

96-749: The fourth-level administrative subdivisions of the country. There are currently 510 sub-prefectures. They were created in 2011, when the administrative subdivisions of Ivory Coast were reorganised. In Ivory Coast, there are 14 first-level districts (including two autonomous districts) sub-divided into 31 regions , which are sub-divided into 108 departments ( French : départements ), which are further sub-divided into 510 sub-prefectures. The sub-prefectures contain more than 8000 villages nationwide. Where needed, multiple villages have been combined into 197 communes . The two autonomous districts are not divided into regions, but they do contain one or more departments as well as sub-prefectures and communes. Two areas of

108-411: The original first-level administrative subdivision of independent Ivory Coast. Initially, there were just four departments: Centre , Nord , Sud-Est , and Sud-Ouest . In 1963, two more departments were created: Est was created by dividing Sud-Est, and Centre-Ouest ) was created by dividing Sud-Ouest. As a result of the divisions, Sud-Est was renamed Sud and Sud-Ouest was renamed Ouest . In 1969,

120-560: The six departments were abolished and in their place 24 new departments were created. The following table illustrates how the old departments were divided into the new departments: Due to a lack of government resources, the 1969 changes were not fully implemented until 1974. From 1974 onward, new departments were occasionally created through division of pre-existing departments. New departments were created in 1974 (2), 1980 (8), 1988 (15), and 1995 (1). In 1997, when there were 50 departments, regions were created, which supplanted departments as

132-633: The third-level administrative subdivision of the country. Each of the 31 second-level regions of Ivory Coast is divided into two or more departments. (The autonomous districts are containing departments, but have a specific status.) Each department is divided into two or more sub-prefectures . Since 2020, there are 109 departments of Ivory Coast. Departments were first created in 1959. During their existence, they have been first-, second-, and third-level administrative subdivisions. There are currently 111 departments of Ivory Coast. The departments are as follows: Departments were established in 1961 and were

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144-430: The total to 95. More significantly, however, districts were created as a new first-level division. As a result, regions became second-level subdivisions and the 95 departments became third-level subdivisions. Since the 2011 reorganisation, 14 more departments have been created, bringing the total number to 109. Twelve departments were created in 2012, one in 2013, and one was created in 2020. Departments are named after

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