Denguélé District (french: district du Denguélé, ) is one of fourteen

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. The district is located in the northwest corner of the country. The capital of the district is Odienné.

Creation

Denguélé District was created in a 2011 administrative reorganisation of the

subdivisions of Ivory Coast Ivory Coast (Côte d'Ivoire) is a relatively decentralised state. The country divided into 14 districts, of which two are cities organised as autonomous districts. The 12 non-autonomous districts are subdivided into 31 second-level regions. The auto ...

.Décret n° 2011-263 du 28 septembre 2011 portant organisation du territoire national en Districts et en Régions. The territory of the district was composed of the former

Denguélé Region Denguélé Region (french: Région du Denguélé, ) is a defunct region of Ivory Coast. From 1997 to 2011, it was a first-level subdivision region. The region's capital was Odienné and its area was 20,997 km². Since 2011, the territory for ...

Administrative divisions

Denguélé District is currently subdivided into two

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and the following departments: *

Folon Region Folon Region is one of the 31 regions of Ivory Coast. Since its establishment in 2011, it has been one of two regions in Denguélé District. The seat of the region is Minignan and the region's population in the 2021 census was 146,209, making it ...

(region seat in

Minignan Minignan (also spelled Maninian) is a town in north-western Ivory Coast. It is a sub-prefecture of and the seat of Minignan Department. It is also a commune and the seat of Folon Region in Denguélé District. History The French explorer René C ...

) **

Kaniasso Department Kaniasso Department is a department of Folon Region in Denguélé District, Ivory Coast. In 2021, its population was 84,572 and its seat is the settlement of Kaniasso. The sub-prefectures of the department are Goulia, Kaniasso and Mahandian ...

Minignan Department Minignan Department is a department of Folon Region in Denguélé District, Ivory Coast. In 2021, its population was 61,637 and its seat is the settlement of Minignan. The sub-prefectures of the department are Kimbirila-Nord, Minignan, Soko ...

Kabadougou Region Kabadougou Region is one of the 31 regions of Ivory Coast. Since its establishment in 2011, it has been one of two regions in Denguélé District. The seat of the region is Odienné and the region's population in the 2021 census was 289,806. ...

(region seat also in Odienné) ** Gbéléban Department ** Madinani Department **

Odienné Department Odienné Department is a department of Kabadougou Region in Denguélé District, Ivory Coast. In 2021, its population was 156,730 and its seat is the settlement of Odienné. The sub-prefectures of the department are Bako, Bougousso, Dioula ...

** Samatiguila Department ** Séguélon Department

Population

According to the 2021 census, Denguélé District has a population of 436,015, making it the second least populated district of the country behind

Yamoussoukro Autonomous District Yamoussoukro (; , locally ) is the ''de jure'' capital of Ivory Coast and an autonomous district. As of the 2014 census, Yamoussoukro is the fifth most populous city in Ivory Coast with a population of 212,670. Located north-west of Abidjan, ...

References

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