Bélier Region | |
Native Name: | Région du Bélier |
Native Name Lang: | fr |
Settlement Type: | Region |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Established Title: | Established |
Established Date: | 2011 |
Seat Type: | Regional seat |
Seat: | Toumodi |
Leader Title: | Prefect |
Leader Name: | Patrice Gueu |
Leader Title1: | Regional Council President |
Leader Name1: | Kouassi Pascal Yéboué-Kouamé |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Area Footnotes: | [1] |
Area Total Km2: | 6900 |
Population Footnotes: | [2] |
Population Total: | 415593 |
Population As Of: | 2021 census |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Timezone1: | GMT |
Utc Offset1: | +0 |
Bélier Region is one of the 31 regions of Ivory Coast. The region's population in the 2021 census was 415,593. The seat of the region is in Toumodi.
Prior to 2017, the seat of the region was in Yamoussoukro, outside the region, and the prefect of Yamoussoukro was acting as region prefect of Bélier.[3]
Bélier is currently divided into four departments: Didiévi, Djékanou, Tiébissou, and Toumodi.
The Bélier region is established in 2011 by the split of the former Lacs Région in the Yamoussoukro Autonomous District and the region of Bélier. With the regions of Iffou and N'Zi, it is included in the Lacs District.[4] At the time, Bélier is divided in three departments: Didiévi, Tiébissou, and Toumodi. Toumodi is separated from the other departments by the autonomous district of Yamoussoukro. The provisional seat of the region is at Yamoussoukro.
In 2012, the Toumodi department is split to create the Djékanou one.[5] The same year, within the Lacs district, the region of N'Zi region is split in two to create Moronou region.[6] The districts are abolished in 2014.[7]
In December 2016, the govern nominates a region prefect distinct from Yamoussoukro's, officialising the position of Toumodi as seat of the region.