Bafing Region Explained

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]

Departments and geography

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.

History

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.

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://www.dgddl.interieur.gouv.ci/index.php?page=mono_detail&title=regions&id=2 "Bafing"
  3. https://www.citypopulation.de/en/ivorycoast/admin/ Citypopulation.de
  4. Web site: Districts of Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast). Statoids.com. 24 June 2015.
  5. Décret n° 2011-263 du 28 septembre 2011 portant organisation du territoire national en Districts et en Régions.