Téhini Department is a department of Bounkani Region in

Zanzan District Zanzan District (, ) is one of fourteen Districts of Ivory Coast, administrative districts of Ivory Coast. The district is located in the northeast of the country. The capital of the district is Bondoukou. Creation Zanzan District was created in ...

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 83,846 and its seat is the settlement of Téhini. The sub-prefectures of the department are Gogo, Téhini, and

Tougbo Tougbo is a town in northeastern Ivory Coast. It is a sub-prefecture of Téhini Department in Bounkani Region, Zanzan District. Tougbo was a commune until March 2012, when it became one of 1126 communes nationwide that were abolished. In 2014 ...

History

Téhini 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 and Doropo Department were created by splitting

Bouna Department Bouna Department is a department of Bounkani Region in Zanzan District, Ivory Coast. In 2021, its population was 178,081 and its seat is the settlement of Bouna. The sub-prefectures of the department are Bouko, Bouna, Ondéfidouo, and Yound ...

into three departments and a fourth area in Comoé National Park that is not governed by a department.

Notes

Departments of Bounkani States and territories established in 2011 2011 establishments in Ivory Coast {{Zanzan-geo-stub