Kani Department is a department of

Worodougou Worodougou Region is one of the 31 regions of Ivory Coast and is currently one of three regions of Woroba District. The region's seat is Séguéla. The region's population in the 2021 census was 429,812. Departments Worodougou is currently divide ...

Region in

Woroba District Woroba District () is one of 14 administrative districts of Ivory Coast. It is in the northwest part of the country. Its capital is Séguéla. Creation Woroba District was created in a 2011 administrative reorganisation of the subdivisions of ...

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 131,428, and its seat was the settlement of

Kani Kani may refer to: Geography * Kani (island), an island in the Maldives * Kani, Myanmar * Kani, Ivory Coast * Kani, Iran (disambiguation) * Kani, Republic of Dagestan, Russia * Kani District, Gifu, Japan * Kani, Gifu Flower Festival Co ...

. The department’s sub-prefectures are Djibrosso,

Fadiadougou Fadiadougou (also spelled Fadyadougou) is a town in north-western Ivory Coast. It is a sub-prefectures of Ivory Coast, sub-prefecture of Kani Department in Worodougou Region, Woroba District. Fadiadougou was a Communes of Ivory Coast, commune un ...

, and Morondo.

History

Kani Department was created in 2009 as a second-level subdivision via a split-off from

Séguéla Department Séguéla Department is a Departments of Ivory Coast, department of Worodougou Region in Woroba District, Ivory Coast. In 2021, its population was 298,384 and its seat is the settlement of Séguéla. The sub-prefectures of Ivory Coast, sub-prefectu ...

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statoids.com. Retrieved 16 February 2016. At its creation, it was part of

Worodougou Region Worodougou Region is one of the 31 regions of Ivory Coast and is currently one of three regions of Woroba District. The region's seat is Séguéla. The region's population in the 2021 census was 429,812. Departments Worodougou is currently divided ...

. 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, Kani Department remained part of the retained

in the new

Notes

Departments of Worodougou States and territories established in 2009 2009 establishments in Ivory Coast {{Woroba-geo-stub