Gagnoa Department

Gagnoa Department Département de Gagnoa
Department
Location in Ivory Coast. Gagnoa Department has had these boundaries since 1980.
Country	Ivory Coast
District	Gôh-Djiboua
Region	Gôh
1969	Established as a first-level subdivision
1980	Divided to create Oumé Dept
1997	Converted to a second-level subdivision
2000	Transferred to the new Fromager Region
2011	Converted to a third-level subdivision
Departmental seat	Gagnoa
Government
• Prefect	Rémi N'Zi Kanga
Area
• Total	4,612 km2 (1,781 sq mi)
Population (2014)
• Total	602,097
• Density	130/km2 (340/sq mi)
Time zone	GMT (UTC+0)

Gagnoa Department is a department of Gôh Region in Gôh-Djiboua District, Ivory Coast. In 2014, its population was 602,097 and its seat is the settlement of Gagnoa. The sub-prefectures of the department are Bayota, Dahiépa-Kéhi, Dignago, Dougroupalégnaoa, Doukouyo, Gagnoa, Galebre-Galébouo, Gnagbodougnoa, Guibéroua, Ouragahio, Sérihio, and Yopohué.

Gagnoa 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-Ouest Department. Using current boundaries as a reference, from 1969 to 1980 the department occupied the same territory as Gôh Region.

In 1980, Gagnoa Department was divided to create Oumé Department. In 1997, regions were introduced as new first-level subdivisions of Ivory Coast; as a result, all departments were converted into second-level subdivisions. Gagnoa Department was initially included in Haut-Sassandra Region, but in 2000 it was combined with Oumé Department to form the new Fromager Region.

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