Fresco Department

Fresco Department Département de Fresco
Department
Location in Ivory Coast. Fresco Department has retained the same boundaries since its creation in 2008.
Country	Ivory Coast
District	Bas-Sassandra
Region	Gbôklé
2008	Established as a second-level subdivision via division of Divo Dept
2011	Converted to a third-level subdivision
Departmental seat	Fresco
Government[1]
• Prefect	Konan Djézou
Population (2014)
• Total	101,298[2]
Time zone	GMT (UTC+0)

Fresco Department is a department of Gbôklé Region in Bas-Sassandra District, Ivory Coast. In 2014, its population was 101,298 and its seat is the settlement of Fresco. The sub-prefectures of the department are Dahiri, Fresco and Gbagbam.

History

Fresco Department was created in 2008 as a second-level subdivision via a split-off from Divo Department.^[3][4] At its creation, it was part of Sud-Bandama 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, Fresco Department became part of Gbôklé Region in Bas-Sassandra District. (Fresco Department was combined with Bas-Sassandra Region to create Bas-Sassandra District.)

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 6 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.

Coordinates: 5°5′N 5°34′W / 5.083°N 5.567°W