Native Name: | Région du Sud-Bandama |
Conventional Long Name: | Sud-Bandama Region |
Common Name: | Sud-Bandama |
Subdivision: | Region |
Nation: | Ivory Coast |
Status Text: | Defunct region of Ivory Coast |
Capital: | Divo |
Today: | Lôh-Djiboua (all) and Gbôklé (part) regions |
Year Start: | 1997 |
Year End: | 2011 |
Event Start: | Established as a first-level subdivision |
Image Map Caption: | Location of Sud-Bandama Region in Ivory Coast |
Stat Area1: | 10667 |
Sud-Bandama Region is a defunct region of Ivory Coast. From 1997 to 2011, it was a first-level subdivision region. The region's capital was Divo and its area was 10,677 km².[1] Since 2011, the area formerly encompassed by the region is divided between Bas-Sassandra and Gôh-Djiboua Districts.[2]
At the time of its dissolution, Sud-Bandama Region was divided into three departments: Divo, Guitry, and Lakota.
Sud-Bandama Region was abolished as part of the 2011 administrative reorganisation of the subdivisions of Ivory Coast. The area formerly encompassed by the region is divided between Bas-Sassandra and Gôh-Djiboua Districts. Fresco Department—which was carved out of Divo Department at the reorganisation—was combined with the former Bas-Sassandra Region to create Bas-Sassandra District. The remaining territory of Sud-Bandama became Lôh-Djiboua Region, one of two regions in Gôh-Djiboua District.