Attiégouakro Department Département d'Attiégouakro
Department
Location in Ivory Coast. Attiégouakro Department has had these boundaries since its creation in 2009.
Country	Ivory Coast
District	Yamoussoukro
2009	Established as a second-level subdivision via division of Yamoussoukro Dept
2011	Converted to a third-level subdivision
2011	Transferred from Lacs Region to Yamoussoukro Autonomous District
Departmental seat	Attiégouakro
Government [1]
• Prefect	Brah Julliette Konan
Area
• Total	802 km2 (310 sq mi)
Population  (2021 census)[2]
• Total	49,513
• Density	62/km2 (160/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+0 (GMT)

Attiégouakro Department is a department of Ivory Coast. It is one of two departments in the Yamoussoukro Autonomous District.

Population and sub-prefectures

In the 2021 census, Attiégouakro Department had a population of 49,513.^[2] The department is divided into two sub-prefectures, Attiégouakro and Lolobo.

History

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.

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