Divo Department

Divo Department is a department of Lôh-Djiboua Region in Gôh-Djiboua District, Ivory Coast. In 2014, its population was 380,220 and its seat is the settlement of Divo. The sub-prefectures of the department are Chiépo, Didoko, Divo, Hiré, Nébo, Ogoudou, and Zégo.

Divo Department Département de Divo
Department
Location in Ivory Coast. Divo Department has had these boundaries since 2009.
Country	Ivory Coast
District	Gôh-Djiboua
Region	Lôh-Djiboua
1969	Established as a first-level subdivision
1980	Divided to create Lakota Dept
1997	Converted to a second-level subdivision
2008	Divided to create Fresco Dept
2009	Divided to create Guitry Dept
2011	Converted to a third-level subdivision
Departmental seat	Divo
Government [1]
• Prefect	Joseph Kpan Droh
Population  (2014)
• Total	380,220[2]
Time zone	UTC+0 (GMT)

History

Divo Department was created in 1969 as one of the 24 new departments that were created to take the place of the six departments that were being abolished. It was created from territory that was formerly part of Sud Department. Using current boundaries as a reference, from 1969 to 1980 the department occupied the territory of Lôh-Djiboua Region plus Fresco Department.

In 1980, Divo Department was divided to create Lakota Department.[3] In 1997, regions were introduced as new first-level subdivisions of Ivory Coast; as a result, all departments were converted into second-level subdivisions. Divo Department was included in Sud-Bandama Region.

Divo Department was divided a second time in 2008 to create Fresco Department[3][4] and a third time in 2009 to create Guitry Department.[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, Divo Department became part of Lôh-Djiboua Region in Gôh-Djiboua District.

Maps of historical boundaries

• 
  Divo Department upon its creation in 1969. It kept these boundaries until 1980, but other departments began to be divided in 1974.
• 
  Divo Department from 1980 to 2008. (Other subdivision boundaries began to change in 1988.)
• 
  Divo Department from 2008 to 2009.

Notes

1. "Préfets de Région et de Préfets de Département (Conseil des ministres du mercredi 26 septembre 2012)", abidjan.net, 2 October 2012.
2. "Côte d'Ivoire". geohive.com. Retrieved 5 December 2015.
3. "Regions of Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast)", statoids.com, accessed 16 February 2016.
4. Décret n° 2008-282 du 8 octobre 2008 portant création du département de Fresco.