Adiaké Department Explained

Adiaké Department
Native Name:Département d'Adiaké
Native Name Lang:fr
Settlement Type:Department
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:District
Subdivision Name1:Comoé
Subdivision Type2:Region
Subdivision Name2:Sud-Comoé
Seat Type:Departmental seat
Seat:Adiaké
Established Title:1998
Established Date:Established as a second-level subdivision via a division of Aboisso Dept
Established Title1:2008
Established Date1:Divided to create Tiapoum Dept
Established Title2:2011
Established Date2:Converted to a third-level subdivision
Government Footnotes:[1]
Leader Title:Prefect
Leader Name:Touré Kanandiénantiori
Unit Pref:Metric
Area Footnotes:[2]
Area Total Km2:1088
Area Land Km2:798
Population Footnotes:[3]
Population Total:88006
Population As Of:2021 census
Population Density Km2:auto
Timezone:GMT
Utc Offset:+0

Adiaké Department is a department of Sud-Comoé Region in Comoé District, Ivory Coast. In 2021, its population was 88,006 and its seat is the settlement of Adiaké. The sub-prefectures of the department are Adiaké, Assinie-Mafia, and Etuéboué.

History

Adiaké Department was created in 1998 as a second-level subdivision via a split-off from Aboisso Department.[4] At its creation, it was part of Sud-Comoé Region.

Adiaké Department was divided in 2008 with the split-off creation of Tiapoum Department.[5]

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, Adiaké Department remained part of the retained Sud-Comoé Region in the new Comoé District.In 2014, the population of the sub-prefecture of Adiaké was 44,257.[6]

Villages

The xx villages of the sub-prefecture of Adiaké and their population in 2014 are:[6]

Notes

5.2833°N -21°W

Notes and References

  1. http://news.abidjan.net/h/442135.html "Préfets de Région et de Préfets de Département (Conseil des ministres du mercredi 26 septembre 2012)"
  2. http://news.abidjan.net/h/562926.html "Monographie du département d’Adiaké"
  3. https://www.citypopulation.de/en/ivorycoast/admin/ Citypopulation.de
  4. http://www.statoids.com/yci.html "Regions of Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast)"
  5. Décret n° 2008-96 du 5 mars 2008 portant création des départements de Bettié, Botro, Guéyo, Koro, Kouto, Ouangolodougou, Sinématiali, Tiapoum, Yakassé-Attobrou et Zoukougbeu.
  6. Web site: RGPH 2014, Répertoire des localités, Région Sud-Comoé. ins.ci. 5 August 2019.