Dimbokro Department is a department of

N'Zi Region N'Zi Region is one of the 31 Regions of Ivory Coast, regions of Ivory Coast. Since its establishment in 2011, it has been one of the regions in Lacs District. The seat of the region is Dimbokro and the region's population in the 2021 census was 254, ...

Lacs District Lacs District (; , "Lakes") 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 Dimbokro. Creation Lacs District was created in a 2011 administr ...

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 ...

. In 2021, its population was 102,192 and its seat is the settlement of

Dimbokro Dimbokro is a town in south-central Ivory Coast. It is the seat of both Lacs District and N'Zi Region. It is also the seat of and a sub-prefecture of Dimbokro Department. Dimbokro is also a commune. The town is located along the river N'Zi, a ...

. The sub-prefectures of the department are Abigui, Diangokro,

, and Nofou.

History

Dimbokro 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 from territory that was formerly part of Centre Department. Using current boundaries as a reference, from 1969 to 1980 the department encompassed the following territory: all of

Moronou Region Moronou Region is one of the 31 regions of Ivory Coast. Since its creation in 2012, it has been one of four regions in Lacs District. The seat of the region is Bongouanou and the region's population in the 2021 census was 439,755. Moronou is cur ...

; all of

; and Daoukro and Ouellé Departments in

Iffou Region Iffou Region is one of the 31 regions of Ivory Coast. Since its establishment in 2011, it has been one of the regions in Lacs District. The seat of the region is Daoukro, and the region's population in the 2021 census was 378,560. Iffou is curr ...

. In 1980, Dimbokro Department was divided to create Bongouanou Department."Regions of Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast)"
statoids.com, accessed 16 February 2016. What remained was divided again in 1988 to create Daoukro Department. In 1997,

regions 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 ...

were introduced as new first-level subdivisions of Ivory Coast; as a result, all departments were converted into second-level subdivisions. Dimbokro Department was included in

N'Zi-Comoé Region N'Zi-Comoé Region is a defunct region of Ivory Coast. From 1997 to 2011, it was a first-level subdivision region. The region's capital was Dimbokro and its area was 19,242 km2. Since 2011, the area formerly encompassed by the region is part o ...

. In 1998, the department was divided again to create

Bocanda Department Bocanda Department is a department of N'Zi Region in Lacs District, Ivory Coast. In 2021, its population was 121,469 and its seat is the settlement of Bocanda. The sub-prefectures of the department are Bengassou, Bocanda, Kouadioblékro, and ...

. In 2011,

districts A district is a type of administrative division that in some countries is managed by the local government. Across the world, areas known as "districts" vary greatly in size, spanning regions or counties, several municipalities, subdivisions ...

were introduced as new first-level subdivisions of Ivory Coast. At the same time, regions were reorganised and became second-level subdivisions and all departments were converted into third-level subdivisions. At this time, Dimbokro Department became part of

Maps of historical boundaries

File:Dimbokro Department locator map Côte d'Ivoire (1969-74).jpg, Dimbokro Department upon its creation in 1969. It kept these boundaries until 1980, but other departments began to be divided in 1974. File:Dimbokro Department locator map Côte d'Ivoire (1980-88).jpg, Dimbokro Department from 1980 to 1988. File:Dimbokro Department locator map Côte d'Ivoire (1988-95).jpg, Dimbokro Department from 1988 to 1998.(Other subdivision boundaries began to change in 1995.)

Notes

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