Ouaninou Department is a department of

Bafing Region Bafing Region is one of the 31 regions of Ivory Coast and is part of Woroba District. The region's seat is Touba. The region's area is 8,660 km², and its population in the 2021 census was 262,850. Departments and geography Bafing Region is c ...

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 65,981 and its seat is the settlement of Ouaninou. The sub-prefectures of the department are Gbelo, Gouékan,

Koonan Koonan is a town in the far west of Ivory Coast. It is a sub-prefecture and commune of Ouaninou Department in Bafing Region, Woroba District Woroba District () is one of 14 administrative districts of Ivory Coast. It is in the northwest part o ...

, Ouaninou,

Saboudougou Saboudougou is a town in the far west of Ivory Coast. It is a sub-prefecture of Ouaninou Department in Bafing Region, Woroba District Woroba District () is one of 14 administrative districts of Ivory Coast. It is in the northwest part of the c ...

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History

Ouaninou Department was created in 2011 as part of the restructuring 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 ...

, when departments were converted from the second-level administrative subdivisions of the country to the third-level subdivisions. It was created by splitting

Touba Department Touba Department is a department of Bafing Region in Woroba District, Ivory Coast. In 2021, its population was 120,524 and its seat is the settlement of Touba. The sub-prefectures of the department are Dioman, Foungbesso, Guintéguéla, and T ...

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