# Abidjan Department

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Department in Abidjan, Ivory Coast

Abidjan Department Département d'Abidjan Department Location in Ivory Coast. Abidjan Department has had these boundaries since 1998. Darker shade: City of Abidjan. Country Ivory Coast District Abidjan 1969 Established as a first-level subdivision 1988 Divided to create Grand-Lahou and Tiassalé Depts 1997 Converted to a second-level subdivision 1998 Divided to create Alépé, Dabou, and Jacqueville Depts 2011 Converted to a third-level subdivision 2011 Transferred from Lagunes Region to Abidjan Autonomous District Departmental seat Abidjan Government [1] • Prefect Sidiki Diakité Area • Total 2,119 km2 (818 sq mi) Population (2021 census)[2] • Total 6,321,017 • Density 2,983/km2 (7,726/sq mi) Time zone UTC+0 (GMT)

**Abidjan Department** ([French](/source/French_language): *Département d'Abidjan*, pronounced [\[depaʁtəmɑ̃ d‿abidʒɑ̃\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA/French)) is a [department](/source/Departments_of_Ivory_Coast) of [Ivory Coast](/source/Ivory_Coast). It is the sole department in [Abidjan Autonomous District](/source/Abidjan_Autonomous_District), which is coextensive with the department.[3]

## History

Abidjan Department upon its creation in 1969. It kept these boundaries until 1988, but other departments began to be divided in 1974.

Abidjan Department from 1988 until 1998. (Other subdivision boundaries changed beginning in 1995.)

Abidjan 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 [Sud Department](/source/Sud_Department_(Ivory_Coast)). Using current boundaries as a reference, from 1969 to 1988 the department encompassed all of the [Abidjan Autonomous District](/source/Abidjan_Autonomous_District); all of [Grands-Ponts Region](/source/Grands-Ponts_Region); all of [Agnéby-Tiassa Region](/source/Agn%C3%A9by-Tiassa_Region), with the exception of [Agboville Department](/source/Agboville_Department); and [Alépé Department](/source/Al%C3%A9p%C3%A9_Department) in [La Mé Region](/source/La_M%C3%A9_Region).

Abidjan Department was divided into three parts in 1988 in order to create [Grand-Lahou Department](/source/Grand-Lahou_Department) and [Tiassalé Department](/source/Tiassal%C3%A9_Department).[4]

In 1997, [regions](/source/Regions_of_Ivory_Coast) were introduced as new first-level subdivisions of Ivory Coast; as a result, all departments were converted into second-level subdivisions. Abidjan Department was included as part of [Lagunes Region](/source/Lagunes_Region). Abidjan Department was divided again in 1998 in order to create [Alépé](/source/Al%C3%A9p%C3%A9_Department), [Dabou](/source/Dabou_Department), and [Jacqueville Departments](/source/Jacqueville_Department).

In 2011, [districts](/source/Districts_of_Ivory_Coast) 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, Abidjan Department became part of [Abidjan Autonomous District](/source/Abidjan_Autonomous_District), one of two districts in the country with no regions. Abidjan Department and the Abidjan Autonomous District share the same territory.[3]

## Notes

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Préfets de Région et de Préfets de Département (Conseil des ministres du mercredi 26 septembre 2012)"](http://news.abidjan.net/h/442135.html), abidjan.net, 2 October 2012.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** [Citypopulation.de](https://www.citypopulation.de/en/ivorycoast/admin/) Population of the regions and departments of Ivory Coast

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-2014loi_3-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-2014loi_3-1) ["Loi n° 2014-453 du 05 août 2014 portant statut du District Autonome d'Abidjan"](http://rcliane.cerap-inades.org/node/417).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["Regions of Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast)"](http://www.statoids.com/yci.html), statoids.com, accessed 16 February 2016.

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