Bocanda Department

Bocanda Department is a department of N'Zi Region in Lacs District, Ivory Coast. In 2021, its population was 121,469 and its seat is the settlement of Bocanda. The sub-prefectures of the department are Bengassou, Bocanda, Kouadioblékro, and N'Zécrézessou.

Bocanda Department Département de Bocanda
Department
Location in Ivory Coast. Bocanda Department has had these boundaries since 2012.
Country	Ivory Coast
District	Lacs
Region	N'Zi
1998	Established as a second-level subdivision via a division of Dimbokro Dept
2011	Converted to a third-level subdivision
2012	Divided to create Kouassi-Kouassikro Dept
Departmental seat	Bocanda
Government [1]
• Prefect	Gabin Amankou Kassi
Area
• Total	2,540 km2 (980 sq mi)
Population  (2021 census)[2]
• Total	121,469
• Density	48/km2 (120/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+0 (GMT)

History

Bocanda Department upon its creation in 1998. It kept these boundaries until 2013, but other subdivision boundary changes began to be made in 2000.

Bocanda Department was created in 1998 as a second-level subdivision via a split-off from Dimbokro Department.^[3] At its creation, it was part of N'Zi-Comoé 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, Bocanda Department became part of N'Zi Region in Lacs District.

In 2012, Kouassi-Kouassikro sub-prefecture was split from Bocanda Department and divided into two sub-prefectures to create Kouassi-Kouassikro Department.^[4]

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. "Regions of Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast)", statoids.com, accessed 16 February 2016.
4. "Le décret n° 2012-611 du 04 juillet 2012 portant création des Départements de Djékanou, Sipilou, Kong, Gbéléban, Taabo, Kouassi-Kouassikro, Méagui, Séguélon, Buyo, M'Bengué, Facobly et Dianra" Archived 2016-12-21 at the Wayback Machine.

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