Man Department

Man Department Département de Man
Department
Location in Ivory Coast. Man Department has had these boundaries since 2005.
Country	Ivory Coast
District	Montagnes
Region	Tonkpi
1969	Established as a first-level subdivision
1988	Divided to create Bangolo Dept
1997	Converted to a second-level subdivision
2005	Divided to create Kouibly Dept
2011	Converted to a third-level subdivision
Departmental seat	Man
Government
• Prefect	Kayaha Jérôme Soro
Population (2014)
• Total	334,166
Time zone	GMT (UTC+0)

Man Department is a department of Tonkpi Region in Montagnes District, Ivory Coast. In 2014, its population was 334,166 and its seat is the settlement of Man. The sub-prefectures of the department are Bogouiné, Fagnampleu, Gbangbégouiné-Yati, Logoualé, Man, Podiagouiné, Sandougou-Soba, Sangouiné, Yapleu, Zagoué, and Ziogouiné.

Man 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 Ouest Department. Using current boundaries as a reference, from 1969 to 1988 the department occupied the following territory: all of Guémon Region, with the exception of Duékoué Department; plus the present-day Man Department.

In 1988, Man Department was split to create Bangolo 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. Man Department was included as part of Dix-Huit Montagnes Region.

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