Bafing Region | |
Native Name: | Région du Bafing |
Native Name Lang: | fr |
Settlement Type: | Region |
Motto: | "La Renaissance du Bafing" |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | District |
Subdivision Name1: | Woroba |
Established Date: | Established as a first-level subdivision via division of Worodougou Region |
Established Title: | 2000 |
Established Date1: | Converted to a second-level subdivision |
Established Title1: | 2011 |
Seat Type: | Regional seat |
Seat: | Touba |
Government Footnotes: | [1] |
Leader Title: | Prefect |
Leader Name: | Benoît Yao Kouakou |
Leader Title1: | Council President |
Leader Name1: | Diomande Lassina |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Area Footnotes: | [2] |
Area Total Km2: | 8660 |
Population Footnotes: | [3] |
Population Total: | 262850 |
Population As Of: | 2021 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Timezone1: | GMT |
Utc Offset1: | +0 |
Bafing Region is one of the 31 regions of Ivory Coast and is part of Woroba District. The region's seat is Touba. The region's area is 8,660 km²,[4] and its population in the 2021 census was 262,850.[3]
Bafing Region is currently divided into three departments: Koro, Ouaninou, and Touba. The region is traversed by a northwesterly line of equal latitude and longitude.
Bafing Region was created in 2000 as a first-level administration region of the country. It was formed by splitting-off Touba Department from Worodougou Region. Koro Department was created as a split-off from Touba Department in 2008.
As part of the 2011 reorganisation of the subdivisions of Ivory Coast, Bafing was converted into a second-level administrative region and was added to the new first-level Woroba District.[5] No territorial changes were made to Bafing as a result of the reorganisation, but a third department—Ouaninou Department—was created by splitting Touba Department again.