Savanes District (french: District des Savanes) is one of fourteen administrative districts of

Ivory Coast Ivory Coast, also known as Côte d'Ivoire, officially the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire, is a country on the southern coast of West Africa. Its capital is Yamoussoukro, in the centre of the country, while its largest city and economic centre i ...

. The district is located in the northernmost part of the country. The capital of the district is

Korhogo Korhogo is a city in northern Ivory Coast. It is the seat of both Savanes District and Poro Region. It is also a commune and the seat of and a sub-prefecture of Korhogo Department. In the 2014 census, the city had a population of 243,048, mak ...

Creation

Savanes 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 au ...

.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 Savanes Region.

Administrative divisions

Savanes District is currently subdivided into three

regions In geography, regions, otherwise referred to as zones, lands or territories, are areas that are broadly divided by physical characteristics (physical geography), human impact characteristics (human geography), and the interaction of humanity and t ...

and the following

departments Department may refer to: * Departmentalization, division of a larger organization into parts with specific responsibility Government and military *Department (administrative division), a geographical and administrative division within a country, ...

: * Bagoué Region (region seat in

Boundiali Boundiali is a town in northern Ivory Coast. It is a sub-prefecture of and the seat of Boundiali Department. It is also the seat of Bagoué Region in Savanes District and a commune. Its population, the ''Boundialikas'', is composed mainly of ...

) **

Boundiali Department Boundiali Department is a department of Bagoué Region in Savanes District, Ivory Coast. In 2021, its population was 198,541 and its seat is the settlement of Boundiali. The sub-prefectures of the department are Baya, Boundiali, Ganaoni, Kas ...

** Kouto Department ** Tengréla Department *

Poro Region Poro Region is one of the 31 regions of Ivory Coast. Since its establishment in 2011, it has been one of three regions in Savanes District. The seat of the region is Korhogo and the region's population in the 2021 census was 1,040,461. Poro is c ...

(region seat also in

) ** Korhogo Department ** Sinématiali Department ** Dikodougou Department ** M'Bengué Department *

Tchologo Region Tchologo Region is one of the 31 regions of Ivory Coast. Since its establishment in 2011, it has been one of three regions in Savanes District. The seat of the region is Ferkessédougou and the region's population in the 2021 census was 603,084. ...

(region seat in Ferkessédougou) **

Ferkessédougou Department Ferkessédougou Department is a Departments of Ivory Coast, department of Tchologo Region in Savanes District, Ivory Coast. In 2021, its population was 190,141 and its seat is the settlement of Ferkessédougou. The sub-prefectures of Ivory Coast, s ...

** Ouangolodougou Department **

Kong Department Kong Department is a department of Tchologo Region in Savanes District, Ivory Coast. In 2021, its population was 118,304 and its seat is the settlement of Kong. The sub-prefectures of the department are Bilimono, Kong, Nafana, and Sikolo. Th ...

Population

According to the 2021 census, Savanes District has a population of 2,159,434.

References

{{Authority control Districts of Ivory Coast States and territories established in 2011