Kouibly Department

Kouibly Department is a department of Guémon Region in Montagnes District, Ivory Coast. In 2021, its population was 144,723 and its seat is the settlement of Kouibly. The sub-prefectures of the department are Kouibly, Nidrou, Ouyably-Gnondrou, and Totrodrou.

Kouibly Department Département de Kouibly
Department
Location in Ivory Coast. Kouibly Department has had these boundaries since 2012.
Country	Ivory Coast
District	Montagnes
Region	Guémon
2005	Established as a second-level subdivision via a division of Man Dept
2011	Converted to a third-level subdivision
2012	Divided to create Facobly Dept
Departmental seat	Kouibly
Government [1]
• Prefect	N'Dri Adolphe Yao
Area
• Total	1,020 km2 (390 sq mi)
Population  (2021 census)[2]
• Total	144,723
• Density	140/km2 (370/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+0 (GMT)

History

Kouibly Department upon its creation in 2005. It kept these boundaries until 2012, but other subdivision boundary changes began to be made in 2008.

Kouibly Department was created in 2005 as a second-level subdivision via a split-off from Man Department.^[3] At its creation, it was part of Dix-Huit Montagnes 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, Kouibly Department became part of Guémon Region in Montagnes District.

In 2012, five sub-prefectures were split-off from Kouibly Department to create Facobly 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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