Tiassalé Department

Tiassalé Department Département de Tiassalé
Department
Location in Ivory Coast. Tiassalé Department has had these boundaries since 2012.
Country	Ivory Coast
District	Lagunes
Region	Agnéby-Tiassa
1988	Established as a first-level subdivision via a division of Abidjan Dept
1997	Converted to a second-level subdivision
2011	Converted to a third-level subdivision
2012	Divided to create Taabo Dept
Departmental seat	Tiassalé
Government [1]
• Prefect	Jules Gouesse
Area
• Total	2,360 km^2 (910 sq mi)
Population  (2021 census)[2]
• Total	278,954
• Density	118/km^2 (306/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+0 (GMT)

Tiassalé Department is a department of Agnéby-Tiassa Region in Lagunes District, Ivory Coast. In 2021, its population was 278,954 and its seat is the settlement of Tiassalé. The sub-prefectures of the department are Gbolouville, Morokro, N'Douci, and Tiassalé.

History

Tiassalé Department upon its creation in 1988. It kept these boundaries until 2012, but other subdivision boundary changes began to be made in 1995.

Tiassalé Department was created in 1988 as a first-level subdivision via a split-off from Abidjan Department.^[3]

In 1997, regions were introduced as new first-level subdivisions of Ivory Coast; as a result, all departments were converted into second-level subdivisions. Tiassalé Department was included in Lagunes 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, Tiassalé Department became part of Agnéby-Tiassa Region in Lagunes District.

In 2012, two sub-prefectures were split from Tiassalé Department to create Taabo 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".

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