Abengourou Department

Abengourou Department Département d'Abengourou
Department
Location in Ivory Coast
Country	Ivory Coast
District	Comoé
Region	Indénié-Djuablin
Established as a first-level subdivision	1969
Divided to create Agnibilékrou Dept	1995
Converted to a second-level subdivision	1997
Divided to create Bettié Dept	2008
Converted to a third-level subdivision	2011
Departmental seat	Abengourou
Population  (2014)
• Total	336,148
Time zone	UTC+0 (GMT)

Abengourou Department is a department of Indénié-Djuablin Region in Comoé District, Ivory Coast. In 2014, its population was 336,148 and its seat is the settlement of Abengourou. The sub-prefectures of the department are Abengourou, Amélékia, Aniassué, Ebilassokro, Niablé, Yakassé-Féyassé, and Zaranou.

History

Abengourou Department upon its creation in 1969. Abengourou Department kept these boundaries until 1995, but other departments began to be divided in 1974.

Abengourou Department from 1995 to 2008. (Other changes to subdivisions of Côte d'Ivoire began in 1997.)

Abengourou Department was created in 1969 as one of the 24 new departments that were created to take the place of the six departments that were being abolished. It was created from territory that was formerly part of Est Department. Using current boundaries as a reference, the department occupied the entire territory that is currently Indénié-Djuablin Region. This territory was organised into Moyen-Comoé Region in 1997.

In 1995, the department was split in order to create Agnibilékrou Department. What remained of Abengourou Department was split again in 2008 to create Bettié Department.