Bafing Region

Bafing Region is one of the 31 regions of Ivory Coast and is part of Woroba District. The region's seat is Touba. The region's area is 8,660 km²,^[4] and its population in the 2021 census was 262,850.^[3]

Bafing Region Région du Bafing
Region
Motto:  "La Renaissance du Bafing"
Location of Bafing Region (dark red) in Ivory Coast
Country	Ivory Coast
District	Woroba
2000	Established as a first-level subdivision via division of Worodougou Region
2011	Converted to a second-level subdivision
Regional seat	Touba
Government [1]
• Prefect	Benoît Yao Kouakou
• Council President	Diomande Lassina
Area [2]
• Total	8,660 km2 (3,340 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[3]
• Total	262,850
• Density	30/km2 (79/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+0 (GMT)

Departments and geography

Bafing Region is currently divided into three departments: Koro, Ouaninou, and Touba. The region is traversed by a northwesterly line of equal latitude and longitude.

History

Bafing Region was created in 2000 as a first-level administration region of the country. It was formed by splitting-off Touba Department from Worodougou Region. Koro Department was created as a split-off from Touba Department in 2008.

As part of the 2011 reorganisation of the subdivisions of Ivory Coast, Bafing was converted into a second-level administrative region and was added to the new first-level Woroba District.^[5] No territorial changes were made to Bafing as a result of the reorganisation, but a third department—Ouaninou Department—was created by splitting Touba Department again.

Demographic change

Historical population of Bafing Region

Year	1988	1998	2010	2014
Population	107 886	148 813	205 339	183 047