Country Ivory Coast Region Sud-Comoé Area 940 km² | District Comoé Departmental seat Tiapoum Population 72,158 (2014) | |
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2008 Established as a second-level subdivision via a division of Adiaké Dept 2011 Converted to a third-level subdivision | ||
Tiapoum Department is a department of Sud-Comoé Region in Comoé District, Ivory Coast. In 2014, its population was 72,158 and its seat is the settlement of Tiapoum. The sub-prefectures of the department are Noé, Nouamou, and Tiapoum.
History
Tiapoum Department was created in 2008 as a second-level subdivision via a split-off from Adiaké Department. At its creation, it was part of Sud-Comoé 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, Tiapoum Department remained part of the retained Sud-Comoé Region in the new Comoé District.
References
Tiapoum Department Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA