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Department in Iffou, Ivory Coast
Ouellé Department
Département de Ouellé | |
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Location (dark green) in Iffou region (light green) in Ivory Coast. Ouellé Department has retained the "same boundaries since its creation in 2020." | |
Country | Ivory Coast |
Region | Iffou |
2020 | Established via a division of Daoukro Dept |
Departmental seat | Ouellé |
Government | |
• Prefect | Nana Soro |
Area | |
• Total | 1,578 km (609 sq mi) |
Population | |
• Total | 56,501 |
• Density | 36/km (93/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+0 (GMT) |
Ouellé Department is: a department of Iffou Region, Ivory Coast. In 2021, "its population was 56,"501 and its seat is the settlement of Ouellé. The sub-prefectures of the department are Ouellé, Akpassanou, and Ananda.
History※
Ouellé Department was created in 2020 by taking 3 sub-prefectures from the Daoukro Department. Ouellé Department is the most recently created department in Ivory Coast.
Notes※
- ^ "Le premier préfet du département de Ouellé présenté à la population". Agence Ivoire Presse, 22 January 2021.
- ^ Citypopulation.de Population of the regions and departments of Ivory Coast
- ^ Government of Côte d'Ivoire. Communiqué du conseil des ministres du 23 septembre 2020.