Departments of Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast)

Sorin Cosoveanu sent the text of two presidential decrees, Nos. 2009-87 and 2009-88, both promulgated on 2009-03-27. They announce the appointment of various departmental prefects and general secretaries. They are intentionally incomplete as lists of departments, but they mention nine departments that aren't shown below: Arrah, Attiégouakro, Guitry, Kani, M'Batto, Niakaramadougou, Samatiguila, Sandégué, and Transua. No further details are available.

FIPS Publication Change Notice No. 10, affecting FIPS PUB 10-4, was issued on 2006-03-23. It assigns new FIPS codes to the current Ivorian regions, superseding the department codes formerly in effect.

Change Notice 7 to FIPS PUB 10-4 is dated 2002-01-10. It lists the eight new departments which were created in Côte d'Ivoire around 1998.

DepartmentHASCFIPSOld
AbengourouCI.MC.ANIV5902
AbidjanCI.LG.ABIV6109
AboissoCI.SC.AIIV6209
AdiakéCI.SC.ADIV6309
AdzopéCI.AG.AEIV0509
AgbovilleCI.AG.AVIV0609
AgnibilékrouCI.MC.AKIV6002
AkoupéCI.AG.AP 09
AlépéCI.LG.ALIV6409
BangoloCI.DH.BAIV3608
BéoumiCI.VB.BEIV3703
BettiéCI.MC.BT 02
BiankoumaCI.DH.BIIV0708
BloléquinCI.MV.BQ 08
BocandaCI.NC.BNIV6501
BondoukouCI.ZA.BDIV3806
BongouanouCI.NC.BGIV2701
BotroCI.VB.BR 03
BouafléCI.MR.BFIV3904
BouakéCI.VB.BCIV4003
BounaCI.ZA.BUIV1106
BoundialiCI.SV.BYIV1205
DabakalaCI.VB.DBIV0303
DabouCI.LG.DPIV6609
DaloaCI.HT.DOIV4104
DananéCI.DH.DEIV1408
DaoukroCI.NC.DAIV4201
DidiéviCI.LC.DD 01
DimbokroCI.NC.DRIV6701
DivoCI.SB.DWIV1609
DuékouéCI.MV.DKIV4408
FerkessédougouCI.SV.FKIV1705
FrescoCI.SB.FR 09
GagnoaCI.FR.GAIV1804
Grand-BassamCI.SC.GBIV6809
Grand-LahouCI.LG.GLIV4509
GuéyoCI.BS.GY 10
GuigloCI.MV.GGIV6908
IssiaCI.HT.ISIV2804
JacquevilleCI.LG.JAIV7009
KatiolaCI.VB.KAIV2003
KorhogoCI.SV.KGIV2105
KoroCI.BF.KR 07
KouiblyCI.DH.KB 08
KounahiriCI.WR.KH 07
Koun-FaoCI.ZA.KF 06
KoutoCI.SV.KT 05
LakotaCI.SB.LAIV2909
MadinaniCI.DE.MD 07
ManCI.DH.MAIV4708
MankonoCI.WR.MOIV3007
MbahiakroCI.NC.MHIV4803
MinignanCI.DE.MG 07
NassianCI.ZA.NA 06
OdiennéCI.DE.ONIV2307
OuangolodougouCI.SV.OG 05
OuméCI.FR.OUIV3104
PrikroCI.NC.PR 03
SakassouCI.VB.SKIV4903
San-PédroCI.BS.SPIV5010
SassandraCI.BS.SDIV5110
SéguélaCI.WR.SGIV2507
SikensiCI.LG.SI 09
SinématialiCI.SV.SM 05
SinfraCI.MR.SNIV5204
SoubréCI.BS.SOIV3210
TabouCI.BS.TAIV5310
TandaCI.ZA.TNIV5406
TengrélaCI.SV.TGIV3305
TiapoumCI.SC.TU 09
TiassaléCI.LG.TIIV5509
TiébissouCI.LC.TEIV7101
ToubaCI.BF.TBIV2607
ToulépleuCI.MV.TPIV7208
ToumodiCI.LC.TMIV5601
VavouaCI.HT.VAIV5704
Yakassé AttobrouCI.AG.YA 09
YamoussoukroCI.LC.YMIV7301
Zouan-HounienCI.DH.ZH 08
ZoukougbeuCI.HT.ZK 04
ZuénoulaCI.MR.ZUIV3404

Change history:

  1. ~1970: Côte d'Ivoire was subdivided into 24 departments.
  2. ~1974: Bouna department split from Bondoukou; Dabakala department split from Katiola. The 1975 census reported populations for the following divisions, separating two communes from their departments:
DivisionTypPopulation
Abengouroud175,891
Abidjanc685,828
Abidjand702,492
Aboissod146,876
Adzopéd159,502
Agbovilled140,250
Biankoumad74,408
Bondoukoud293,838
Bouafléd265,875
Bouakéc173,248
Bouakéd632,111
Bounad77,232
Boundialid132,160
Dabakalad55,356
Daload367,414
Dananéd169,589
Dimbokrod478,054
Divod275,171
Ferkéssédougoud90,901
Gagnoad256,006
Guiglod135,252
Katiolad75,909
Korhogod276,846
Mand277,648
Odiennéd124,196
Sassandrad195,620
Séguélad157,644
Toubad77,696
Total6,673,013
  • Typ: c = commune, d = département.
  • Population: 1975-04-30 provisional
    census results.
  1. ~1980: Bongouanou department split from Dimbokro; Issia split from Daloa; Lakota split from Divo; Mankono split from Séguéla; Oumé split from Gagnoa; Soubré split from Sassandra; Tengréla split from Boundiali; Zuénoula split from Bouaflé. At this stage, FIPS codes were assigned to the departments.
  2. ~1988: New departments were created. The FIPS codes of departments that lost part of their territory were changed to reflect that fact. (The former FIPS codes of those departments are shown in parentheses.) Grand-Lahou and Tiassalé split from Abidjan (IV02); Tanda split from Bondoukou (IV08); Sinfra split from Bouaflé (IV09); Béoumi, Mbahiakro, Sakassou, Toumodi, and Yamoussoukro split from Bouaké (IV10); Vavoua split from Daloa (IV13); Daoukro split from Dimbokro (IV15); Duékoué split from Guiglo (IV19); Bangolo split from Man (IV22); San-Pédro and Tabou split from Sassandra (IV24).
  3. ~1995: Agnibilékrou department split from Abengourou (IV01). The following table shows the 50 departments of Côte d'Ivoire at that time.
DepartmentISOFIPSPopulationArea(km.²)
AbengourouABEIV59311,5005,200
AbidjanABIIV353,624,8008,550
AboissoABOIV04328,5006,250
AdzopéADZIV05345,1005,230
AgbovilleAGBIV06296,3003,850
AgnibilékrouAGNIV60122,7001,700
BangoloBANIV36166,9002,060
BéoumiBEOIV37132,4002,860
BiankoumaBIAIV07144,6004,950
BondoukouBONIV38255,40010,040
BongouanouBANIV27327,8005,570
BouafléBOFIV39238,4003,980
BouakéBOKIV40658,9004,700
BounaBONIV11195,50021,470
BoundialiBODIV12185,0007,895
DabakalaDABIV03119,4009,670
DaloaDALIV41525,7005,450
DananéDANIV14322,9004,600
DaoukroDAOIV42125,7003,610
DimbokroDIMIV43206,4004,920
DivoDIVIV16566,5007,920
DuékouéDUEIV44147,5002,930
FerkessédougouFERIV17251,40017,728
GagnoaGAGIV18401,0004,500
Grand-LahouGRLIV4576,6002,280
GuigloGUIIV46246,70011,220
IssiaISSIV28283,5003,590
KatiolaKATIV20190,8009,420
KorhogoKORIV21564,20012,500
LakotaLAKIV29168,6002,730
ManMANIV47417,2004,990
MankonoMNKIV30179,90010,660
MbahiakroMBAIV48149,5005,460
OdiennéODIIV23246,40020,600
OuméOUMIV31203,8002,400
SakassouSAKIV4986,5001,880
San-PédroSAPIV50244,6006,900
SassandraSASIV51156,5005,190
SéguélaSEGIV25176,10011,240
SinfraSINIV52175,0001,690
SoubréSOUIV32449,8008,270
TabouTABIV5386,8005,440
TandaTANIV54295,4006,490
TengrélaTENIV3380,4002,200
TiassaléTIAIV55192,9003,370
ToubaTOBIV26158,7008,720
ToumodiTOMIV56117,7002,780
VavouaVAVIV57246,4006,160
YamoussoukroYAMIV58413,9006,160
ZuénoulaZUEIV34166,4002,830
  • ISO: Codes from ISO/DIS (draft standard)
    3166-2, issued in late 1996. These codes
    were omitted from the final standard
    (1998), so they are presumably obsolete.
  • FIPS: Codes from FIPS PUB 10-4.
  • Population: Projections calculated for 2000
    from earlier census figures. Data provided
    by Karem Abdalla.
  • Capital: Capital always has the same
    name as the department.
  1. ~1998: Alépé, Dabou, and Jacqueville departments split from Abidjan; Adiaké and Grand Bassam split from Aboisso; Bocanda split from Dimbokro; Toulépleu split from Guiglo; Tiébissou split from Yamoussoukro. I assigned HASC codes to the 58 departments based on the division into regions as of 2001.
  2. 2001-08-09: Status of Abidjan changed from department to autonomous district.
  3. 2002-01-21: Status of Yamoussoukro changed from department to autonomous district.
  4. 2005: Akoupé department split from Adzopé (former HASC code CI.AG.AZ); Madinani and Minignan split from Odienné (CI.DE.OD); Kouibly split from Man (CI.DH.MN); Zouan Hounien split from Danané (CI.DH.DN); Didiévi split from Tiébissou (CI.LC.TS); Prikro split from Mbahiakro (CI.NC.MB); Nassian split from Bouna (CI.ZA.BO).
  5. 2005-10-06: Sikensi department split from Dabou (CI.LG.DU); Bloléquin split from Guiglo (CI.MV.GU); Kounahiri split from Mankono (CI.WR.MK); Koun-Fao split from Tanda (CI.ZA.TD).
  6. 2008-03-05: Yakassé Attobrou department split from Adzopé; Koro split from Touba (CI.BF.TO); Guéyo split from Sassandra (CI.BS.SS); Zoukougbeu split from Daloa (CI.HT.DL); Bettié split from Abengourou (CI.MC.AG); Kouto split from Boundiali (CI.SV.BL); Ouangolodougou split from Ferkessédougou (CI.SV.FE); Sinématiali split from Korhogo (CI.SV.KO); Tiapoum split from Aboisso (CI.SC.AO); and Botro split from Bouaké (CI.VB.BK), by decree no. 2008-96.
  7. 2008-10-08: Fresco department split from Divo (CI.SB.DV), by decree no. 2008-282.

Other names of subdivisions:

  1. Bocanda: Bokanda (variant)
  2. Mbahiakro: M'Bahiakro (variant)
  3. Sakassou: Sakasso (variant)
  4. Tengréla: Tingréla (variant)
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