Departments of Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast)

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.

When I first created this page, I based it on the table in my book. However, there was a note in the table captions in the book which I failed to copy along with it: "There is probably a mistake in ISO 3166-2, because Bouaflé is geographically remote from Centre-Est." I have concluded that Bouaflé must have been part of Centre-Ouest region, so I've changed the table accordingly. Thanks to Friedrich Huebler for drawing the discrepancy to my attention.

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.

DepartmentHASCISOFIPSPopulationArea(km.²)Old
AbengourouCI.MC.AGABEIV59311,5005,20002
AbidjanCI.LG.ABABIIV613,624,8008,55009
AboissoCI.SC.AOABOIV62328,5006,25009
AdiakéCI.SC.AD IV63(Aboisso)09
AdzopéCI.AG.AZADZIV05345,1005,23009
AgbovilleCI.AG.AVAGBIV06296,3003,85009
AgnibilékrouCI.MC.AKAGNIV60122,7001,70002
AlépéCI.LG.AL IV64(Abidjan)09
BangoloCI.DH.BABANIV36166,9002,06008
BéoumiCI.VB.BEBEOIV37132,4002,86003
BiankoumaCI.DH.BIBIAIV07144,6004,95008
BocandaCI.NC.BN IV65(Dimbokro)01
BondoukouCI.ZA.BDBONIV38255,40010,04006
BongouanouCI.NC.BGBANIV27327,8005,57001
BouafléCI.MR.BFBOFIV39238,4003,98004
BouakéCI.VB.BKBOKIV40658,9004,70003
BounaCI.ZA.BOBONIV11195,50021,47006
BoundialiCI.SV.BLBODIV12185,0007,89505
DabakalaCI.VB.DBDABIV03119,4009,67003
DabouCI.LG.DU IV66(Abidjan)09
DaloaCI.HT.DLDALIV41525,7005,45004
DananéCI.DH.DNDANIV14322,9004,60008
DaoukroCI.NC.DADAOIV42125,7003,61001
DimbokroCI.NC.DRDIMIV67206,4004,92001
DivoCI.SB.DVDIVIV16566,5007,92009
DuékouéCI.MV.DKDUEIV44147,5002,93008
FerkessédougouCI.SV.FEFERIV17251,40017,72805
GagnoaCI.FR.GAGAGIV18401,0004,50004
Grand BassamCI.SC.GB IV68(Aboisso)09
Grand-LahouCI.LG.GLGRLIV4576,6002,28009
GuigloCI.MV.GUGUIIV69246,70011,22008
IssiaCI.HT.ISISSIV28283,5003,59004
JacquevilleCI.LG.JA IV70(Abidjan)09
KatiolaCI.VB.KAKATIV20190,8009,42003
KorhogoCI.SV.KOKORIV21564,20012,50005
LakotaCI.SB.LALAKIV29168,6002,73009
ManCI.DH.MNMANIV47417,2004,99008
MankonoCI.WR.MKMNKIV30179,90010,66007
MbahiakroCI.NC.MBMBAIV48149,5005,46003
OdiennéCI.DE.ODODIIV23246,40020,60007
OuméCI.FR.OUOUMIV31203,8002,40004
SakassouCI.VB.SKSAKIV4986,5001,88003
San-PédroCI.BS.SPSAPIV50244,6006,90010
SassandraCI.BS.SSSASIV51156,5005,19010
SéguélaCI.WR.SGSEGIV25176,10011,24007
SinfraCI.MR.SNSINIV52175,0001,69004
SoubréCI.BS.SOSOUIV32449,8008,27010
TabouCI.BS.TATABIV5386,8005,44010
TandaCI.ZA.TDTANIV54295,4006,49006
TengrélaCI.SV.TGTENIV3380,4002,20005
TiassaléCI.LG.TITIAIV55192,9003,37009
TiébissouCI.LC.TS IV71(Yamoussoukro)01
ToubaCI.BF.TOTOBIV26158,7008,72007
ToulépleuCI.MV.TP IV72(Guiglo)08
ToumodiCI.LC.TMTOMIV56117,7002,78001
VavouaCI.HT.VAVAVIV57246,4006,16004
YamoussoukroCI.LC.YMYAMIV73413,9006,16001
ZuénoulaCI.MR.ZUZUEIV34166,4002,83004
  • HASC: Hierarchical administrative subdivision codes. The middle two
    letters identify the region. For key, see Regions of Côte d'Ivoire page.
  • 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 (obsolete).
  • Population: Projections calculated for 2000 from earlier census figures.
    Data furnished by Karem Abdalla. Where the new departments were
    formed, their separate areas and populations are not available yet,
    but are lumped together with the figures for the parent department,
    as listed in parentheses.
  • Old: ISO code for former region to which this department belonged, before
    about 1997. See Regions of Côte d'Ivoire page, last table, for key to codes.
  • Capital: Capital always has the same name as the department.

Change history:

~1970: Côte d'Ivoire was subdivided into 24 departments.
~1974: Bouna department split from Bondoukou; Dabakala department split from Katiola.
~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.
~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).
~1995: Agnibilékrou department split from Abengourou (IV01).
~1998: Alépé, Dabou, and Jacqueville departments split from Abidjan (IV35); Adiaké and Grand Bassam split from Aboisso(IV04); Bocanda split from Dimbokro (IV43); Toulépleu split from Guiglo (IV46), according to FIPS (other sources say from Man); Tiébissou split from Yamoussoukro (IV58).

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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