Bouaké Department

Bouaké Department Département de Bouaké
Department
Location in Ivory Coast. Bouaké Department has had these boundaries since 2008.
Country	Ivory Coast
District	Vallée du Bandama
Region	Gbêkê
1969	Established as a first-level subdivision
1988	Divided to create Béoumi, M'Bahiakro, Sakassou, Toumodi, and Yamoussoukro Depts
1997	Converted to a second-level subdivision
2008	Divided to create Botro Dept
2011	Converted to a third-level subdivision
Departmental seat	Bouaké
Government
• Prefect	Aka Konin
Population (2014)
• Total	680,694
Time zone	GMT (UTC+0)

Bouaké Department is a department of Gbêkê Region in Vallée du Bandama District, Ivory Coast. In 2014, its population was 680,694, making it the most populous department in the country. The seat of the department is the city of Bouaké. The sub-prefectures of the department are Bouaké-SP, Bouaké-Ville, Bounda, Brobo, Mamini, and N'Djébonouan.

Bouaké Department was created in 1969 as one of the 24 new departments that were created to take the place of the six departments that were being abolished. It was created from territory that was formerly part of Centre Department. Using current boundaries as a reference, from 1969 to 1988 the department occupied the following territory: all of Gbêkê Region; all of Bélier Region; all of Yamoussoukro Autonomous District; and all of Iffou Region, with the exception of Daoukro Department.

In 1988, Bouaké Department was split into six parts to create five new departments: Béoumi, M'Bahiakro, Sakassou, Toumodi, and Yamoussoukro.

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