Lacs Region is a defunct

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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

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and its area was 8,875 km². Since 2011, the area formerly encompassed by the region is the Autonomous District of Yamoussoukro and part of Lacs District.Décret n° 2011-263 du 28 septembre 2011 portant organisation du territoire national en Districts et en Régions.

Administrative divisions

At the time of its dissolution, Lacs Region was divided into five

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: Attiégouakro, Didiévi, Tiébissou, Toumodi, and

. Attiégouakro Department was created in 2009 and was therefore part of Lacs Region for only a short time.

Abolition

Lacs 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 territories of the departments of Didiévi, Tiébissou, and Toumodi became the second-level Bélier Region in the new Lacs District. The territory of the remaining departments, Attiégouakro and Yamoussoukro, became the new Autonomous District of Yamoussoukro.

References

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