Haut-Sassandra Region is one of the 31 regions of Ivory Coast and is one of two regions in

Sassandra-Marahoué District Sassandra-Marahoué District (french: District du Sassandra-Marahoué) is one of fourteen administrative districts of Ivory Coast. The district is located in the central part of the country. The capital of the district is Daloa. Creation Sassan ...

. The region's seat is

Daloa Daloa is a city in western Ivory Coast. It is the seat of both the Sassandra-Marahoué District and the Haut-Sassandra Region. It is also the seat of and a sub-prefecture of Daloa Department. Daloa is also a commune. In the 2014 census, the city ...

. The region's area is 15,190 km², and its population in the 2021 census was 1,739,697, making it the most populous region of Ivory Coast.

Departments and geography

Haut-Sassandra is currently divided into four departments:

, Issia, Vavoua, and

Zoukougbeu Zoukougbeu (also known as Daoungbé) is a town in west-central Ivory Coast. It is a sub-prefecture of and the seat of Zoukougbeu Department in Haut-Sassandra Region, Sassandra-Marahoué District Sassandra-Marahoué District (french: District ...

. The region is traversed by a northwesterly line of equal latitude and longitude.

History

Haut-Sassandra region locator map Côte d'Ivoire 1997-2000

Haut-Sassandra Region was created in 1997 as a first-level administrative region of the country. In 2000, Gagnoa Department was split off from Haut-Sassandra and combined with Oumé Department from

Marahoué Region Marahoué Region is one of the 31 regions of Ivory Coast and is one of two regions in Sassandra-Marahoué District. The region's seat is Bouaflé. The region's area is 8,680 km², and its population in the 2021 census was 981,180. Departmen ...

to form

Fromager Region Fromager Region is a defunct region of Ivory Coast. From 2000 to 2011, it was a first-level subdivision region. The region's capital was Gagnoa and its area was 6,903 km2. Since 2011, the area formerly encompassed by the region is the second ...

. As part of the 2011 administrative reorganisation of the subdivisions of Ivory Coast, Haut-Sassandra was converted into a second-level administrative region and became part of the new first-level

.Décret n° 2011-263 du 28 septembre 2011 portant organisation du territoire national en Districts et en Régions. No territorial changes were made to Haut-Sassandra as a result of the reorganisation.

Notes

{{Authority control Regions of Sassandra-Marahoué District 1997 establishments in Ivory Coast States and territories established in 1997