Aboisso Department

{{Infobox settlement   | name = Aboisso Department | native_name = ''Département d'Aboisso'' | native_name_lang = fr | other_name = | settlement_type = [[Departments of Ivory Coast|Department]]  | image_skyline = | image_caption = | image_flag = | image_seal = | image_shield = | nickname = | motto = | image_map = File:Aboisso Department locator map Côte d'Ivoire.jpg | map_caption = Location in Ivory Coast. Aboisso Department has had these boundaries since 1998.  | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = {{flag|Ivory Coast}} |subdivision_type1 = [[Districts of Ivory Coast|District]] |subdivision_name1 = [[Comoé District|Comoé]] |subdivision_type2 = [[Regions of Ivory Coast|Region]] |subdivision_name2 = [[Sud-Comoé]] |subdivision_type3 = |subdivision_name3 = |seat_type = Departmental seat |seat = [[Aboisso]] | established_date = Established as a first-level subdivision | established_title = 1969 | established_date1 = Converted to a second-level subdivision | established_title1 = 1997 | established_date2 = Divided to create [[Adiaké Department|Adiaké]] and [[Grand-Bassam Department|Grand-Bassam Depts]] | established_title2 = 1998 | established_date3 = Converted to a third-level subdivision | established_title3 = 2011 | government_type =  | government_footnotes = <ref>[http://news.abidjan.net/h/442135.html "Préfets de Région et de Préfets de Département (Conseil des ministres du mercredi 26 septembre 2012)"], abidjan.net, 2 October 2012.</ref> | leader_title = Prefect | leader_name = Albert Boni Kouassi  | unit_pref = Metric  | area_footnotes =<ref name = ardci>[http://www.ardci-rd.org/index.php/vie-des-regions/sud-comoe "Découverte du Sud-Comoé"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303194755/http://www.ardci-rd.org/index.php/vie-des-regions/sud-comoe |date=2016-03-03 }}, ardci-rd.ci, accessed 23 February 2016.</ref> | area_total_km2 = 4570 | area_land_km2 =  | elevation_footnotes =  | elevation_m =  | population_footnotes =<ref>[https://www.citypopulation.de/en/ivorycoast/admin/ Citypopulation.de] Population of the regions and departments of Ivory Coast</ref> | population_total = 361842 | population_as_of = 2021 census | population_density_km2 = auto | population_note =  | timezone = [[GMT]] | utc_offset = +0 | timezone_DST = | utc_offset_DST =  | postal_code_type =  | postal_code = | area_code = | website = | footnotes = }}

'''Aboisso Department''' is a [[Departments of Ivory Coast|department]] of [[Sud-Comoé Region]] in [[Comoé District]], [[Ivory Coast]]. In 2021, its population was 361,842 and its seat is the settlement of [[Aboisso]]. The [[sub-prefectures of Ivory Coast|sub-prefectures]] of the department are [[Aboisso]], [[Adaou]], [[Adjouan]], [[Ayamé]], [[Bianouan]], [[Kouakro]], [[Maféré]], and [[Yaou, Ivory Coast|Yaou]].

==History== [[File:Aboisso Department locator map Côte d'Ivoire (1969-74).jpg|thumb|left|Aboisso Department upon its creation in 1969. It kept these boundaries until 1998, but other departments began to be divided in 1974.]] Aboisso 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 (Ivory Coast)|Sud Department]]. Using current boundaries as a reference, the new department occupied all of what today is [[Sud-Comoé Region]].

In 1997, [[regions of Ivory Coast|regions]] were introduced as new first-level subdivisions of Ivory Coast; as a result, all departments were converted into second-level subdivisions. The territory of Aboisso Department was co-extensive with that of the new [[Sud-Comoé Region]], which created a need to divide the department to avoid having completely overlapping first- and second-level subdivision. In 1998, Aboisso Department was split into three parts in order to create [[Adiaké Department]] and [[Grand-Bassam Department]].<ref>[http://www.statoids.com/yci.html "Regions of Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast)"], statoids.com, accessed 16 February 2016.</ref>

In 2011, [[Districts of Ivory Coast|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, Aboisso Department remained part of the retained [[Sud-Comoé Region]] in the new [[Comoé District]].

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