Bas-Sassandra Region is a defunct

region In geography, regions, otherwise referred to as areas, zones, lands or territories, are portions of the Earth's surface that are broadly divided by physical characteristics (physical geography), human impact characteristics (human geography), and ...

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

. From 1997 to 2011, it was a first-level subdivision region. The region's capital was San-Pédro and its area was 26,440 km². Since 2011, the area formerly encompassed by the region is part of

Bas-Sassandra District Bas-Sassandra District (; , "Lower Sassandra River, Sassandra") is one of fourteen Districts of Ivory Coast, administrative districts of Ivory Coast. The district is located in the southwest part of the country. The capital of the district is Sa ...

.Décret n° 2011-263 du 28 septembre 2011 portant organisation du territoire national en Districts et en Régions.

Departments

At the time of its dissolution, Bas-Sassandra Region was divided into six

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, ...

Fresco Fresco ( or frescoes) is a technique of mural painting executed upon freshly laid ("wet") lime plaster. Water is used as the vehicle for the dry-powder pigment to merge with the plaster, and with the setting of the plaster, the painting become ...

, Guéyo, San-Pédro,

Sassandra Sassandra is a town in southern Ivory Coast. It is a sub-prefecture of and the seat of Sassandra Department. It is also a commune and the seat of Gbôklé Region in Bas-Sassandra District. Sassandra lies on the Gulf of Guinea at the mouth of th ...

Soubré Soubré is a city in southwestern Ivory Coast. It is a sub-prefecture of and the seat of Soubré Department. It is also a commune and the seat of Nawa Region in Bas-Sassandra District Bas-Sassandra District (; , "Lower Sassandra River, Sassa ...

, and Tabou.

Abolition

Bas-Sassandra Region was abolished as part of the 2011 administrative reorganisation of the

subdivisions of Ivory Coast Ivory Coast (Côte d'Ivoire) is a relatively Decentralization, decentralised state. The country divided into 14 Districts of Ivory Coast, districts, of which two are cities organised as autonomous districts. The other 12 districts are subdivided in ...

. The area formerly encompassed by the region was combined with

Fresco Department Fresco Department is a department of Gbôklé Region in Bas-Sassandra District, Ivory Coast. In 2021, its population was 107,752 and its seat is the settlement of Fresco. The sub-prefectures of the department are Dahiri, Fresco and Gbagbam. H ...

—which was carved off from Sud-Bandama Region—to create

References

{{Authority control Former regions of Ivory Coast States and territories disestablished in 2011 2011 disestablishments in Ivory Coast 1997 establishments in Ivory Coast States and territories established in 1997