Cote d'Ivoire Regions (original) (raw)

C�te d'Ivoire has been reorganized so that the secondary divisions are now 31 regions and two autonomous districts.

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 C�te d'Ivoire around 1998.

Change history:

1. ~1970: C�te 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:

1. ~1980: Bongouanou department split from Dimbokro; Issia split from Daloa; Lakota split from Divo; Mankono split from S�gu�la; Oum� split from Gagnoa; Soubr� split from Sassandra; Tengr�la split from Boundiali; Zu�noula split from Bouafl�. 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 Tiassal� split from Abidjan (IV02); Tanda split from Bondoukou (IV08); Sinfra split from Bouafl� (IV09); B�oumi, Mbahiakro, Sakassou, Toumodi, and Yamoussoukro split from Bouak� (IV10); Vavoua split from Daloa (IV13); Daoukro split from Dimbokro (IV15); Du�kou� split from Guiglo (IV19); Bangolo split from Man (IV22); San-P�dro and Tabou split from Sassandra (IV24).
3. ~1995: Agnibil�krou department split from Abengourou (IV01). The following table shows the 50 departments of C�te d'Ivoire at that time.

1. ~1998: Al�p�, Dabou, and Jacqueville departments split from Abidjan; Adiak� and Grand Bassam split from Aboisso; Bocanda split from Dimbokro; Toul�pleu split from Guiglo; Ti�bissou 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: Akoup� department split from Adzop� (former HASC code CI.AG.AZ); Madinani and Minignan split from Odienn� (CI.DE.OD); Kouibly split from Man (CI.DH.MN); Zouan Hounien split from Danan� (CI.DH.DN); Didi�vi split from Ti�bissou (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); Blol�quin 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: Yakass� Attobrou department split from Adzop�; Koro split from Touba (CI.BF.TO); Gu�yo split from Sassandra (CI.BS.SS); Zoukougbeu split from Daloa (CI.HT.DL); Betti� split from Abengourou (CI.MC.AG); Kouto split from Boundiali (CI.SV.BL); Ouangolodougou split from Ferkess�dougou (CI.SV.FE); Sin�matiali split from Korhogo (CI.SV.KO); Tiapoum split from Aboisso (CI.SC.AO); and Botro split from Bouak� (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.

1. 2009-03-27: Presidential decrees No. 2009-87 and 2009-88 announce the appointment of various departmental prefects and general secretaries. They imply the formation of at least these nine departments: in Dengu�l� region, Samatiguila department split from Odienn�; in Lacs region, Atti�gouakro department split from Yamoussoukro; in N'zi-Como� region, Arrah and M'Batto departments split from Bongouanou; in Sud-Bandama region, Guitry department split from Divo; in Vall�e du Bandama region, Niakaramadougou department split from Katiola; in Worodougou region, Kani department split from S�gu�la; in Zanzan region, Sand�gu� department split from Bondoukou and Transua department split from Tanda.
2. 2011-09-28: C�te d'Ivoire reorganized from nineteen regions into fourteen districts. Two of them were autonomous districts (Abidjan and Yamoussoukro). The other twelve were further subdivided into thirty regions.
3. ~2012: Moronou region formed by taking Arrah, Bongouanou, and M�batto departments from N'zi.

Other names of subdivisions:

1. Bocanda: Bokanda (variant)
2. Iffou: Ifou (variant)
3. La M�: Massan (variant)
4. Mbahiakro: M'Bahiakro (variant)
5. Sakassou: Sakasso (variant)
6. Tengr�la: Tingr�la (variant)