Nassian Department
History
Nassian Department was created in 2005 as a second-level subdivision via a split-off from Bouna Department. At its creation, it was part of Zanzan Region.
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, Nassian Department became part of Bounkani Region in Zanzan District.
In 2014, the population of the sub-prefecture of Nassian was 19,971.
Villages
The seventeen villages of the sub-prefecture of Nassian and their population in 2014 are:
- Angobila (1 046)
- Anvéyo (314)
- Bondoyo (1 383)
- Kalabo (50)
- Landé (891)
- Longongara (2 118)
- Nassian (4 785)
- Parhadi (2 823)
- Poum (635)
- Sindé (364)
- Toungbo (264)
- Yaga (259)
- Bougoulaye (732)
- Dédi (554)
- Dépingo (808)
- Talahini (2 609)
- Tienguélé (336)
Notes
- ^ "Préfets de Région et de Préfets de Département (Conseil des ministres du mercredi 26 septembre 2012)", abidjan.net, 2 October 2012.
- ^ Citypopulation.de Population of the regions and departments of Ivory Coast
- ^ Decree 2005-251, 7 July 2005 cited by Decree 2008-97, 5 March 2008. Text of the decree in Sévérin Anouma. "Décentralisation sous Laurent Gbagbo : Une Côte d’Ivoire non exclusive."
- ^ "Regions of Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast)", statoids.com, accessed 16 February 2016.
- ^ "RGPH 2014, Répertoire des localités, Région Bounkani" (PDF). ins.ci. Retrieved 5 August 2019.
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