Attiégouakro Department | |
Native Name: | Département d'Attiégouakro |
Native Name Lang: | fr |
Settlement Type: | Department |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | District |
Seat Type: | Departmental seat |
Seat: | Attiégouakro |
Established Title: | 2009 |
Established Date: | Established as a second-level subdivision via division of Yamoussoukro Dept |
Established Title1: | 2011 |
Established Date1: | Converted to a third-level subdivision |
Established Title2: | 2011 |
Established Date2: | Transferred from Lacs Region to Yamoussoukro Autonomous District |
Government Footnotes: | [1] |
Leader Title: | Prefect |
Leader Name: | Brah Julliette Konan |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Area Total Km2: | 802 |
Population Footnotes: | [2] |
Population Total: | 49513 |
Population As Of: | 2021 census |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Timezone: | GMT |
Utc Offset: | +0 |
Attiégouakro Department is a department of Ivory Coast. It is one of two departments in the Yamoussoukro Autonomous District.
In the 2021 census, Attiégouakro Department had a population of 49,513.[2] The department is divided into two sub-prefectures, Attiégouakro and Lolobo.
Attiégouakro Department was created as in 2009 as a second-level subdivision when Lac Region's Yamoussoukro Department was divided in two.[3]
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, Attiégouakro Department became part of Yamoussoukro Autonomous District, one of two districts in the country with no regions.