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Sassandra Department

Sassandra Department
Département de Sassandra
Department
Location in Ivory Coast. Sassandra Department has had these boundaries since 2008.
Location in Ivory Coast. Sassandra Department has had these boundaries since 2008.
Country  Ivory Coast
District Bas-Sassandra
Region Gbôklé
1969 Established as a first-level subdivision
1980 Divided to create Soubré Dept
1988 Divided to create San-Pédro and Tabou Depts
1997 Converted to a second-level subdivision
2008 Divided to create Guéyo Dept
2011 Converted to a third-level subdivision
Departmental seat Sassandra
Government
 • Prefect Ernest Boni Koffi
Population (2014)
 • Total 299,500
Time zone GMT (UTC+0)

Sassandra Department is a department of Gbôklé Region in Bas-Sassandra District, Ivory Coast. In 2014, its population was 299,500 and its seat is the settlement of Sassandra. The sub-prefectures of the department are Dakpadou, Grihiri, Lobakuya, Médon, Sago, and Sassandra.

Sassandra 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 by taking territory from both Centre-Ouest Department and Sud Department. Using current boundaries as a reference, from 1969 to 1980 the department occupied the same territory as Bas-Sassandra District, with the exception of Fresco Department (ie, all of Nawa, San-Pédro, and Gbôklé Regions save Fresco Department).

In 1980, Sassandra Department was divided to create Soubré Department. What remained was divided into three parts in 1988 in order to create San-Pédro and Tabou Departments.

In 1997, regions were introduced as new first-level subdivisions of Ivory Coast; as a result, all departments were converted into second-level subdivisions. Sassandra Department was included in Bas-Sassandra Region.


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