Attiégouakro Department

Attiégouakro Department Département d'Attiégouakro
Department
Location in Ivory Coast. Attiégouakro Department has had these boundaries since its creation in 2009.
Country	Ivory Coast
District	Yamoussoukro
2009	Established as a second-level subdivision via division of Yamoussoukro Dept
2011	Converted to a third-level subdivision
2011	Transferred from Lacs Region to Yamoussoukro Autonomous District
Departmental seat	Attiégouakro
Government [1]
• Prefect	Brah Julliette Konan
Area
• Total	802 km^2 (310 sq mi)
Population  (2021 census)[2]
• Total	49,513
• Density	62/km^2 (160/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+0 (GMT)

Attiégouakro Department is a department of Ivory Coast. It is one of two departments in the Yamoussoukro Autonomous District.

Population and sub-prefectures

In the 2021 census, Attiégouakro Department had a population of 49,513.[2] The department is divided into two sub-prefectures, Attiégouakro and Lolobo.

History

Attiégouakro Department was created as in 2009 as a second-level subdivision when Lac Region's Yamoussoukro Department was divided in two.[3]

In 2011, districts 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, Attiégouakro Department became part of Yamoussoukro Autonomous District, one of two districts in the country with no regions.

Notes

1. "Préfets de Région et de Préfets de Département (Conseil des ministres du mercredi 26 septembre 2012)", abidjan.net, 2 October 2012.
2. Citypopulation.de Population of regions and departments of Ivory Coast
3. "Regions of Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast)", statoids.com, accessed 16 February 2016.