Nassian Department

Nassian Department Département de Nassian
Department
Location in Ivory Coast. Nassian Department has retained the same boundaries since its creation in 2005.
Country	Ivory Coast
District	Zanzan
Region	Bounkani
2005	Established as a second-level subdivision via a division of Bouna Dept
2011	Converted to a third-level subdivision
Departmental seat	Nassian
Government [1]
• Prefect	Koné Sounan Jacques
Area
• Total	2,810 km^2 (1,080 sq mi)
Population  (2021 census)[2]
• Total	71,724
• Density	26/km^2 (66/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+0 (GMT)

Nassian Department is a department of Bounkani Region in Zanzan District, Ivory Coast. In 2021, its population was 71,724 and its seat is the settlement of Nassian. The sub-prefectures of the department are Bogofa, Kakpin, Koutouba, Nassian, and Sominassé.

History

Nassian Department was created in 2005 as a second-level subdivision via a split-off from Bouna Department.[3][4] At its creation, it was part of Zanzan Region.

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, Nassian Department became part of Bounkani Region in Zanzan District.

In 2014, the population of the sub-prefecture of Nassian was 19,971.[5]

Villages

The seventeen villages of the sub-prefecture of Nassian and their population in 2014 are:[5]

1. Angobila (1 046)
2. Anvéyo (314)
3. Bondoyo (1 383)
4. Kalabo (50)
5. Landé (891)
6. Longongara (2 118)
7. Nassian (4 785)
8. Parhadi (2 823)
9. Poum (635)
10. Sindé (364)
11. Toungbo (264)
12. Yaga (259)
13. Bougoulaye (732)
14. Dédi (554)
15. Dépingo (808)
16. Talahini (2 609)
17. Tienguélé (336)

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 the regions and departments of Ivory Coast
3. Decree 2005-251, 7 July 2005 cited by Decree 2008-97, 5 March 2008. Text of the decree in Sévérin Anouma. "Décentralisation sous Laurent Gbagbo : Une Côte d’Ivoire non exclusive."
4. "Regions of Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast)", statoids.com, accessed 16 February 2016.
5. "RGPH 2014, Répertoire des localités, Région Bounkani" (PDF). ins.ci. Retrieved 5 August 2019.

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