Sinfra Department is a department of

Marahoué Region Marahoué Region is one of the 31 regions of Ivory Coast and is one of two regions in Sassandra-Marahoué District. The region's seat is Bouaflé. The region's area is 8,680 km², and its population in the 2021 census was 981,180. Department ...

Sassandra-Marahoué District Sassandra-Marahoué District (french: District du Sassandra-Marahoué) 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 Daloa. Creation Sassan ...

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

. In 2021, its population was 245,226 and its seat is the settlement of

Sinfra Sinfra is a city in central Ivory Coast. It is a sub-prefecture and the seat of Sinfra Department in Marahoué Region, Sassandra-Marahoué District. Sinfra is also a commune A commune is an alternative term for an intentional community. Commune o ...

. The sub-prefectures of the department are

Bazré Bazré is a town in south-central Ivory Coast. It is a sub-prefecture of Sinfra Department in Marahoué Region, Sassandra-Marahoué District. The town is seven kilometres west of the border of Yamoussoukro Autonomous District and 12 kilometres nor ...

Kononfla Kononfla (also spelled Konéfla) is a town in central Ivory Coast. It is a sub-prefecture of Sinfra Department in Marahoué Region, Sassandra-Marahoué District. Kononfla was a commune A commune is an alternative term for an intentional communit ...

Kouétinfla Kouétinfla (also known as Manoufra) is a town in south-central Ivory Coast. It is a sub-prefecture of Sinfra Department in Marahoué Region, Sassandra-Marahoué District. Kouétinfla was a commune A commune is an alternative term for an intenti ...

, and

History

Sinfra Department was created in 1988 as a first-level subdivision via a split-off from

Bouaflé Department Bouaflé Department is a department of Marahoué Region in Sassandra-Marahoué District, Ivory Coast. In 2021, its population was 300,305 and its seat is the settlement of Bouaflé. The sub-prefectures of the department are Bégbessou, Bonon, Bo ...

."Regions of Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast)"
statoids.com, accessed 16 February 2016. In 1997,

regions In geography, regions, otherwise referred to as zones, lands or territories, are areas that are broadly divided by physical characteristics (physical geography), human impact characteristics (human geography), and the interaction of humanity and t ...

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

. 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 county, counties, several municipality, municipa ...

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, Sinfra Department remained part of the retained

in the new

Notes

Departments of Marahoué 1988 establishments in Ivory Coast States and territories established in 1988 {{Sassandra-Marahoué-geo-stub