{{Infobox settlement <!--See the Table at Infobox Settlement for all fields and descriptions of usage--> <!-- Basic info ----------------> | name = Bonon Department | native_name = ''Département de Bonon'' | native_name_lang = fr | other_name = | settlement_type = [[Departments of Ivory Coast|Department]] <!-- images and maps -----------> | image_skyline = | image_caption = | image_flag = | image_seal = | image_shield = | nickname = | motto = | image_map = File:Location_map_of_the_Department_of_Bonon_in_the_Region_of_Marahoué_and_the_District_of_Sassandra-Marahoué,_Ivory_Coast.svg | map_caption = Location in Ivory Coast. <!-- Location ------------------> | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = {{flag|Ivory Coast}} |subdivision_type1 = [[Districts of Ivory Coast|District]] |subdivision_name1 = [[Sassandra-Marahoué District|Sassandra-Marahoué]] |subdivision_type2 = [[Regions of Ivory Coast|Region]] |subdivision_name2 = [[Marahoué Region|Marahoué]] |seat_type = Departmental seat |seat = [[Bonon]] | established_date = Established as a second-level subdivision | established_title = 2020 | established_date1 = Converted to a third-level subdivision | established_title1 = 2021 | government_type = <!-- Politics -----------------> | government_footnotes = <ref>[https://lyon.diplomatie.gouv.ci/conseil-ministre.php?lang=&num=418 "LE CONSEIL DES MINISTRES DU 06-01-2021"], Lyon Consulate.</ref> | leader_title = Prefect | leader_name = Yapi Ogou Claude <!-- Area ---------------------> | unit_pref = Metric <!--Enter: Imperial, if Imperial (metric) is desired--> | area_footnotes =<ref name="pop"/> | area_total_km2 = 1428 | area_land_km2 = <!--See table @ Template:Infobox Settlement for details on automatic unit conversion--> | elevation_footnotes = <!--for references: use<ref> </ref> tags--> | elevation_m = <!-- Population -----------------------> | population_footnotes =<ref name="pop">[https://www.citypopulation.de/en/ivorycoast/admin/ Citypopulation.de] Population of the regions and departments of Ivory Coast</ref> | population_total = 167397 | population_as_of = 2021 census | population_density_km2 = auto | population_note = <!-- General information ---------------> | timezone = [[GMT]] | utc_offset = +0 | timezone_DST = | utc_offset_DST = <!-- Area/postal codes & others --------> | postal_code_type = <!-- enter ZIP code, Postcode, Post code, Postal code... --> | postal_code = | area_code = | website = | footnotes = }} '''Bonon Department''' is a [[Departments of Ivory Coast|department]] of [[Marahoué Region]] in [[Sassandra-Marahoué District]], [[Ivory Coast]]. In 2021, its population was 167,397<ref name="pop"/> and its seat is the settlement of [[Bonon]]. The [[sub-prefectures of Ivory Coast|sub-prefectures]] of the department are [[Bonon]], and [[Zaguiéta]].
==History== Bonon Department was created in 2020 by dividing the [[Bouaflé Department]], in the [[Marahoué Region]].<ref>[https://lexterra.ci/data/domaine/coll_terr/CT2/2020-09-30%20D2020-767%20Cr%c3%a9ation%20D%c3%a9p%20BONON%20&%20GOHITAFLA.pdf ]"Décret n 2020-767 du 30 septembre 2020 portant création de circonscriptions administratives"</ref> In 2021, districts were reinstated, and the Marahoué region was included in the [[Sassandra-Marahoué District]].
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{{Departments of Ivory Coast}} {{Marahoué Region subdivisions}}
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