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{{Short description|Third-level administrative subdivision of the country}}
{{Politics of Ivory Coast}}
[[File:Map of Côte d'Ivoire Regions and Departments with Names (FR).svg|thumb|right|Departments of Ivory Coast. Colours indicate regions and autonomous districts]]
'''Departments of Ivory Coast''' ({{langx|fr|départements de Côte d'Ivoire}}) are currently the third-level administrative [[subdivisions of Ivory Coast|subdivision]] of the country. Each of the 31 second-level [[regions of Ivory Coast]] is divided into two or more departments. (The autonomous districts are containing departments, but have a specific status.) Each department is divided into two or more [[sub-prefectures of Ivory Coast|sub-prefectures]]. Since 2020, there are 109 departments of Ivory Coast.

Departments were first created in 1959.<ref>Sato (2003).</ref><ref>Tice (1974).</ref> During their existence, they have been first-, second-, and third-level administrative subdivisions.

==Current departments==
[[File:Map of Côte d'Ivoire Departments with Department Census Codes.svg|350px|thumb|right]]
There are currently 111 departments of Ivory Coast. The departments are as follows:
{{Columns-list|colwidth=10em|<ol compact>
<li>Abengourou</li>
<li>Abidjan</li>
<li>Aboisso</li>
<li>Adzopé</li>
<li>Agboville</li>
<li>Agnibilékrou</li>
<li>Bangolo</li>
<li>Béoumi</li>
<li>Biankouma</li>
<li>Bondoukou</li>
<li>Bongouanou</li>
<li>Bouaflé</li>
<li>Bouaké</li>
<li>Bouna</li>
<li>Boundiali
<li>Dabakala</li>
<li>Daloa</li>
<li>Danané</li>
<li>Daoukro</li>
<li>Dimbokro</li>
<li>Divo</li>
<li>Duékoué</li>
<li>Ferkessédougou</li>
<li>Gagnoa</li>
<li>Grand-Lahou</li>
<li>Guiglo</li>
<li>Issia</li>
<li>Katiola</li>
<li>Korhogo</li>
<li>Lakota</li>
<li>Man</li>
<li>Mankono</li>
<li>M’Bahiakro</li>
<li>Odienné</li>
<li>Oumé</li>
<li>Sakassou</li>
<li>San-Pedro</li>
<li>Sassandra</li>
<li>Séguéla</li>
<li>Sinfra</li>
<li>Soubré</li>
<li>Tabou</li>
<li>Transua</li>
<li>Tengréla</li>
<li>Tiassalé</li>
<li>Touba</li>
<li>Toumodi</li>
<li>Vavoua</li>
<li>Yamoussoukro</li>
<li>Zuénoula</li>
<li>Adiaké</li>
<li>Alépé</li>
<li>Bocanda</li>
<li>Dabou</li>
<li>Grand-Bassam</li>
<li>Jacqueville</li>
<li>Tiébissou</li>
<li>Toulépleu</li>
<li>Bloléquin</li>
<li>Akoupé</li>
<li>Didiévi</li>
<li>Kouibly</li>
<li>Nassian</li>
<li>Prikro</li>
<li>Sikensi</li>
<li>Zouan-Hounien</li>
<li>Madinani</li>
<li>Minignan</li>
<li>Kounahiri</li>
<li>Koun-Fao</li>
<li>Arrah</li>
<li>Attiégouakro</li>
<li>Bettié</li>
<li>Botro</li>
<li>Dikodougou</li>
<li>Doropo</li>
<li>Fresco</li>
<li>Guéyo</li>
<li>Guitry</li>
<li>Kani</li>
<li>Kaniasso</li>
<li>Koro</li>
<li>Kouto</li>
<li>M’Batto</li>
<li>Niakaramadougou</li>
<li>Ouangolodougou</li>
<li>Ouaninou</li>
<li>Samatiguila</li>
<li>Sandégué</li>
<li>Sinématiali
<li>Téhini</li>
<li>Tiapoum</li>
<li>Tanda</li>
<li>Yakassé-Attobrou</li>
<li>Zoukougbeu</li>
<li>Buyo</li>
<li>Dianra</li>
<li>Djékanou</li>
<li>Facobly</li>
<li>Gbéléban</li>
<li>Kong</li>
<li>Kouassi-Kouassikro</li>
<li>M’Bengué</li>
<li>Méagui</li>
<li>Séguélon</li>
<li>Sipilou</li>
<li>Taabo</li>
<li>Taï</li>
<li>Ouellé</li>
<li>Bonon</li>
<li>Gohitafla</li>
</ol>
}}

==History==

===1961–69===
[[File:Departments_of_Côte_d'Ivoire_(1961-1963)_with_names_(EN).svg|left|thumb|Departments of Ivory Coast in 1961–63.]]
[[File:Departments_of_Côte_d'Ivoire_(1963-1969)_with_names_(EN).svg|thumb|Departments of Ivory Coast in 1963–69.]]
Departments were established in 1961 and were the original first-level administrative subdivision of independent Ivory Coast.<ref>At independence in 1960, Ivory Coast was informally divided into 19 traditional cercles, but the cercles were not official administrative subdivisions.</ref> Initially, there were just four departments: [[Centre Department (Ivory Coast)|Centre]], [[Nord Department (Ivory Coast)|Nord]], [[Sud-Est Department (Ivory Coast)|Sud-Est]], and [[Sud-Ouest Department|Sud-Ouest]]. In 1963, two more departments were created: [[Est Department|Est]] was created by dividing Sud-Est, and [[Centre-Ouest Department|Centre-Ouest]]) was created by dividing Sud-Ouest. As a result of the divisions, Sud-Est was renamed [[Sud Department (Ivory Coast)|Sud]] and Sud-Ouest was renamed [[Ouest Department (Ivory Coast)|Ouest]].

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===1969: 24 new departments===
In 1969, the six departments were abolished and in their place 24 new departments were created. The following table illustrates how the old departments were divided into the new departments:
[[File:Departments_of_Côte_d'Ivoire_(1969-1974)_with_former_departments_in_background.svg|thumb|left|The 24 new departments that were created in 1969 (in background the 6 former departments). These boundaries were consistent until departments began to be divided in 1974.]]
{{Aligned table
|cols=2 |class=wikitable |row1header=y
| Old department | New departments (number corresponds to position on map)
| [[Centre Department (Ivory Coast)|Centre]] | [[Bouaflé Department|Bouaflé]] (8), [[Bouaké Department|Bouaké]] (9), [[Dimbokro Department|Dimbokro]] (13), [[Katiola Department|Katiola]] (18)
| [[Centre-Ouest Department|Centre-Ouest]] | [[Daloa Department|Daloa]] (11), [[Gagnoa Department|Gagnoa]] (16), [[Sassandra Department|Sassandra]]<ref name = Sassandra>Sassandra Department was created from territory taken partly from Centre-Ouest Department and partly from Sud Department.</ref> (22)
| [[Est Department|Est]] | [[Abengourou Department|Abengourou]] (1), [[Bondoukou Department|Bondoukou]] (7)
| [[Nord Department (Ivory Coast)|Nord]] | [[Boundiali Department|Boundiali]] (10), [[Ferkessédougou Department|Ferkessédougou]] (15), [[Korhogo Department|Korhogo]] (19), [[Odienné Department|Odienné]] (21), [[Séguéla Department|Séguéla]] (23), [[Touba Department|Touba]] (24)
| [[Ouest Department (Ivory Coast)|Ouest]] | [[Biankouma Department|Biankouma]] (6), [[Danané Department|Danané]] (12), [[Guiglo Department|Guiglo]] (17), [[Man Department|Man]] (20)
| [[Sud Department (Ivory Coast)|Sud]] | [[Abidjan Department|Abidjan]] (2), [[Aboisso Department|Aboisso]] (3), [[Adzopé Department|Adzopé]] (4), [[Agboville Department|Agboville]] (5), [[Divo Department|Divo]] (14), [[Sassandra Department|Sassandra]]<ref name = Sassandra/> (22)
}}

Due to a lack of government resources, the 1969 changes were not fully implemented until 1974.

===Subsequent divisions and relegation to second-level===
From 1974 onward, new departments were occasionally created through division of pre-existing departments. New departments were created in 1974 (2), 1980 (8), 1988 (15), and 1995 (1). In 1997, when there were 50 departments, [[regions of Ivory Coast|regions]] were created, which supplanted departments as the first-level administrative subdivision. As a result, the 50 departments became second-level divisions.

More departments were created in 1998 (8), 2005 (12), 2008 (11), and 2009 (9). By the time of the late-2011 reorganisation of the subdivisions of Ivory Coast, there were 90 departments in 19 regions.

===2011 subdivision reorganisation===
In the 2011 reorganisation of the subdivisions of Ivory Coast, five new departments were created, bringing the total to 95. More significantly, however, [[Districts of Ivory Coast|districts]] were created as a new first-level division. As a result, regions became second-level subdivisions and the 95 departments became third-level subdivisions.

===Post-2011 changes===
Since the 2011 reorganisation, 14 more departments have been created, bringing the total number to 109. Twelve departments were created in 2012, one in 2013, and one was created in 2020.

==Names and governance==
Departments are named after the city or town that serves as the seat of the department. In most cases, this is the most populous settlement in the department.

Each department is headed by a prefect, who is appointed by the council of ministers (cabinet) of the national government.<ref name = loi2014-451>[http://faolex.fao.org/docs/pdf/ivc146379.pdf Loi n° 2014-451 du 05 août 2014 portant orientation de l'organisation générale de l'Administration Territoriale].</ref> For departments that house regional capitals, the prefect of the department is the same individual as the prefect of the region, though the two offices of prefect remain distinct.<ref name = ordonnance262>[http://www.dgddl.interieur.gouv.ci/documentation/20130612092155TEXTELIGISLATIFETREGLEMENTAIRE.pdf Ordonnance n° 2011-262 du 28 septembre 2011 portant orientation de l'organisation générale de l'administration territoriale de l'Etat] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210917105901/http://www.dgddl.interieur.gouv.ci/documentation/20130612092155TEXTELIGISLATIFETREGLEMENTAIRE.pdf |date=2021-09-17 }}.</ref>

Each department is divided into two or more [[sub-prefectures of Ivory Coast|sub-prefectures]], which serve as fourth-level administrative subdivisions. There are currently 510 sub-prefectures in the country.

==Current departments by district and region==
Below are the departments divided by district and region with the establishment year of the departments in parentheses.

===[[Abidjan Autonomous District]]===
*[[Abidjan Department]]<ref>The boundaries of Abidjan Department and Abidjan Autonomous District are the same.</ref> (1969)

===[[Bas-Sassandra District]]===
{{column|num=3
|1=
'''[[Gbôklé Region]]'''
* [[Fresco Department]] (2008)
* [[Sassandra Department]] (1969)

|2=
'''[[Nawa Region]]'''
* [[Buyo Department]] (2012)
* [[Guéyo Department]] (2008)
* [[Méagui Department]] (2012)
* [[Soubré Department]] (1980)

|3=
'''[[San-Pédro Region]]'''
* [[San-Pédro Department]] (1988)
* [[Tabou Department]] (1988)
}}

===[[Comoé District]]===
{{column|num=2
|1=
'''[[Indénié-Djuablin|Indénié-Djuablin Region]]'''
* [[Abengourou Department]] (1969)
* [[Agnibilékrou Department]] (1995)
* [[Bettié Department]] (2008)

|2=
'''[[Sud-Comoé|Sud-Comoé Region]]'''
* [[Aboisso Department]] (1969)
* [[Adiaké Department]] (1998)
* [[Grand-Bassam Department]] (1998)
* [[Tiapoum Department]] (2008)
}}

===[[Denguélé District]]===
{{column|num=2
|1=
'''[[Folon Region]]'''
* [[Kaniasso Department]] (2011)
* [[Minignan Department]] (2005)

|2=
'''[[Kabadougou|Kabadougou Region]]'''
* [[Gbéléban Department]] (2012)
* [[Madinani Department]] (2005)
* [[Odienné Department]] (1969)
* [[Samatiguila Department]] (2009)
* [[Séguélon Department]] (2012)
}}

=== [[Gôh-Djiboua District]] ===
{{column|num=2
|1=
'''[[Gôh|Gôh Region]]'''
* [[Gagnoa Department]] (1969)
* [[Oumé Department]] (1980)

|2=
'''[[Lôh-Djiboua|Lôh-Djiboua Region]]'''
* [[Divo Department]] (1969)
* [[Guitry Department]] (2009)
* [[Lakota Department]] (1980)
}}

===[[Lacs District]]===
{{column|num=4
|1=
'''[[Bélier Region]]'''
* [[Didiévi Department]] (2005)
* [[Djékanou Department]] (2012)
* [[Tiébissou Department]] (1998)
* [[Toumodi Department]] (1988)

|2=
'''[[Iffou|Iffou Region]]'''
* [[Daoukro Department]] (1988)
* [[M'Bahiakro Department]] (1988)
* [[Ouellé Department]] (2020)
* [[Prikro Department]] (2005)

|3=
'''[[Moronou Region]]'''
* [[Arrah Department]] (2009)
* [[Bongouanou Department]] (1980)
* [[M'Batto Department]] (2009)

|4=
'''[[N'Zi Region]]'''
* [[Bocanda Department]] (1998)
* [[Dimbokro Department]] (1969)
* [[Kouassi-Kouassikro Department]] (2012)
}}

===[[Lagunes District]]===
{{column|num=3
|1=
'''[[Agnéby-Tiassa|Agnéby-Tiassa Region]]'''
* [[Agboville Department]] (1969)
* [[Sikensi Department]] (2005)
* [[Taabo Department]] (2012)
* [[Tiassalé Department]] (1988)

|2=
'''[[Grands-Ponts|Grands-Ponts Region]]'''
* [[Dabou Department]] (1998)
* [[Grand-Lahou Department]] (1988)
* [[Jacqueville Department]] (1998)

|3=
'''[[La Mé|La Mé Region]]'''
* [[Adzopé Department]] (1969)
* [[Akoupé Department]] (2005)
* [[Alépé Department]] (1998)
* [[Yakassé-Attobrou Department]] (2008)
}}

===[[Montagnes District]]===
{{column|num=3
|1=
'''[[Cavally Region]]'''
* [[Bloléquin Department]] (2005)
* [[Guiglo Department]] (1969)
* [[Taï Department]] (2013)
* [[Toulépleu Department]] (1998)

|2=
'''[[Guémon|Guémon Region]]'''
* [[Bangolo Department]] (1988)
* [[Duékoué Department]] (1988)
* [[Facobly Department]] (2012)
* [[Kouibly Department]] (2005)

|3=
'''[[Tonkpi|Tonkpi Region]]'''
* [[Biankouma Department]] (1969)
* [[Danané Department]] (1969)
* [[Man Department]] (1969)
* [[Sipilou Department]] (2012)
* [[Zouan-Hounien Department]] (2005)
}}

===[[Sassandra-Marahoué District]]===
{{column|num=2
|1=
'''[[Haut-Sassandra|Haut-Sassandra Region]]'''
* [[Daloa Department]] (1969)
* [[Issia Department]] (1980)
* [[Vavoua Department]] (1988)
* [[Zoukougbeu Department]] (2008)

|2=
'''[[Marahoué|Marahoué Region]]'''
* [[Bonon Department]] (2020)
* [[Bouaflé Department]] (1969)
* [[Gohitafla Department]] (2020)
* [[Sinfra Department]] (1988)
* [[Zuénoula Department]] (1980)
}}

===[[Savanes District]]===
{{column|num=3
|1=
'''[[Bagoué|Bagoué Region]]'''
* [[Boundiali Department]] (1969)
* [[Kouto Department]] (2008)
* [[Tengréla Department]] (1980)

|2=
'''[[Poro Region]]'''
* [[Dikodougou Department]] (2011)
* [[Korhogo Department]] (1969)
* [[M'Bengué Department]] (2012)
* [[Sinématiali Department]] (2008)

|3=
'''[[Tchologo|Tchologo Region]]'''
* [[Ferkessédougou Department]] (1969)
* [[Kong Department]] (2012)
* [[Ouangolodougou Department]] (2008)
}}

===[[Vallée du Bandama District]]===
{{column|num=2
|1=
'''[[Gbêkê|Gbêkê Region]]'''
* [[Béoumi Department]] (1988)
* [[Botro Department]] (2008)
* [[Bouaké Department]] (1969)
* [[Sakassou Department]] (1988)

|2=
'''[[Hambol|Hambol Region]]'''
* [[Dabakala Department]] (1974)
* [[Katiola Department]] (1969)
* [[Niakaramandougou Department]] (2009)
}}

===[[Woroba District]]===
{{column|num=3
|1=
'''[[Bafing Region]]'''
* [[Koro Department]] (2008)
* [[Ouaninou Department]] (2011)
* [[Touba Department]] (1969)

|2=
'''[[Béré Region]]'''
* [[Dianra Department]] (2012)
* [[Kounahiri Department]] (2005)
* [[Mankono Department]] (1980)

|3=
'''[[Worodougou|Worodougou Region]]'''
* [[Kani Department]] (2009)
* [[Séguéla Department]] (1969)
}}

===[[Yamoussoukro Autonomous District]]===
* [[Attiégouakro Department]] (2009)
* [[Yamoussoukro Department]] (1988)

===[[Zanzan District]]===
{{column|num=2
|1=
'''[[Bounkani|Bounkani Region]]'''
* [[Bouna Department]] (1974)
* [[Doropo Department]] (2011)
* [[Nassian Department]] (2005)
* [[Téhini Department]] (2011)

|2=
'''[[Gontougo|Gontougo Region]]'''
* [[Bondoukou Department]] (1969)
* [[Koun-Fao Department]] (2005)
* [[Sandégué Department]] (2009)
* [[Tanda Department]] (1988)
* [[Transua Department]] (2009)
}}

==Defunct departments==
There are six departments of Ivory Coast that have been eliminated.
{{columns-list|colwidth=30em|
*[[Centre Department (Ivory Coast)|Centre Department]] (1961–69)
*[[Centre-Ouest Department]] (1963–69)
*[[Est Department]] (1963–69)
*[[Nord Department (Ivory Coast)|Nord Department]] (1961–69)
*[[Ouest Department (Ivory Coast)|Ouest Department]] (1961–69)
*[[Sud Department (Ivory Coast)|Sud Department]] (1961–69)
}}

==Maps of departments through time==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Map
! Years effective
! First-level subdivisions
! Second-level subdivisions
! Third-level subdivisions
! Changes
|-
|[[File:Departments_of_Côte_d'Ivoire_(1961-1963)_with_names_(EN).svg|200px]]
|1961&ndash;1963
|'''4&nbsp;departments'''
|—
|—
|Four departments created as first-level subdivisions.
|-
|
|1963 (February)
|'''5&nbsp;departments'''
|—
|—
|One department added (Sud-Ouest and Sud-Est split into Ouest, Sud, and Est).
|-
|[[File:Map_of_Côte_d'Ivoire_Departments_(1963-1969).svg|200px]]
|1963&ndash;1969
|'''6&nbsp;departments'''
|—
|—
|One department added (Ouest split into Ouest and Centre-Ouest).
|-
|[[File:Map_of_Côte_d'Ivoire_Departments_(1969-1974).svg|200px]]
|1969&ndash;1974
|'''24&nbsp;departments'''
|—
|—
|All previous departments abolished. 24 new departments established as first-level subdivisions.

|-
|[[File:Map_of_Côte_d'Ivoire_Departments_(1974-1975).svg|200px]]
|1974&ndash;1975
|'''25&nbsp;departments'''
|—
|—
|One department added ([[Bouna Department|Bouna]]).
|-
|[[File:Map_of_Côte_d'Ivoire_Departments_(1975-1979).svg|200px]]
|1975&ndash;1979
|'''26&nbsp;departments'''
|—
|—
|One department added ([[Dabakala Department|Dabakala]]).
|-
|[[File:Map of Côte d'Ivoire Departments (1980-1987).svg|200px]]
|1980&ndash;1987
|'''34&nbsp;departments'''
|—
|—
|8 departments added.
|-
|[[File:Map_of_Côte_d'Ivoire_Departments_(1985-1987).svg|200px]]
|1988&ndash;1991
|'''49&nbsp;departments'''
|—
|—
|15 departments added.
|-
|[[File:Map_of_Côte_d'Ivoire_Departments_(1987-1991).svg|200px]]
|1991&ndash;1995
|10&nbsp;regions
|'''49&nbsp;departments'''
|—
|Regions established.
|-
|[[File:Map of Côte d'Ivoire Departments (1995-1996).svg|200px]]
|1995&ndash;1996
|10&nbsp;regions
|'''50&nbsp;departments'''
|—
|One department added ([[Agnibilékrou Department|Agnibilékrou]]).
|-
|[[File:Map_of_Côte_d'Ivoire_Departments_(1996-1997).svg|200px]]
|1996&ndash;1997
|12&nbsp;regions
|'''55&nbsp;departments'''
|—
|2 regions and 5 departments added.
|-
|[[File:Map_of_Côte_d'Ivoire_Departments_(1997-2000).svg|200px]]
|1997&ndash;2000
|16&nbsp;regions
|'''59&nbsp;departments'''
|—
|2 regions and 4 departments added.
|-
|[[File:Map_of_Côte_d'Ivoire_Departments_(2000-2005).svg|200px]]
|1997&ndash;2000
|19&nbsp;regions
|'''59&nbsp;departments'''
|—
|3 regions added.
|-
|[[File:Map_of_Côte_d'Ivoire_Departments_(2005-2006).svg|200px]]
|2005&ndash;2006
|19&nbsp;regions
|'''70&nbsp;departments'''
|—
|11 departments added.
|-
|[[File:Map_of_Côte_d'Ivoire_Departments_(2006-2008).svg|200px]]
|2006&ndash;2008
|19&nbsp;regions
|'''72&nbsp;departments'''
|—
|2 departments added.
|-
|[[File:Map_of_Côte_d'Ivoire_Departments_(2008-2009).svg|200px]]
|2008&ndash;2009
|19&nbsp;regions
|'''89&nbsp;departments'''
|—
|17 departments added.
|-
|[[File:Map_of_Côte_d'Ivoire_Departments_(2009-2010).svg|200px]]
|2009&ndash;2010
|19&nbsp;regions
|'''94&nbsp;departments'''
|—
|5 departments added.
|-
|[[File:Map_of_Côte_d'Ivoire_Departments_(2010-2011).svg|200px]]
|2010&ndash;2011
|19&nbsp;regions
|'''95&nbsp;departments'''
|—
|1 department added.
|-
|[[File:Map_of_Côte_d'Ivoire_Departments_(2011-2012).svg|200px]]
|2011&ndash;2012
|12&nbsp;districts
|30&nbsp;regions
|'''95&nbsp;departments'''
|Districts created as new 1st level division. New division of regions.
|-
|[[File:Map_of_Côte_d'Ivoire_Departments_(2012-2013).svg|200px]]
|2012&ndash;2013
|12&nbsp;districts
|31&nbsp;regions
|'''107&nbsp;departments'''
|1 region and 12 departments added.
|-
|[[File:Map_of_Côte_d'Ivoire_Departments_(2013-2014).svg|200px]]
|2013&ndash;2014
|12&nbsp;districts
|31&nbsp;regions
|'''108&nbsp;departments'''
|1 department added.
|-
|[[File:Map_of_Côte_d'Ivoire_Departments_(2014-2020).svg|200px]]
|2014&ndash;2020
|31&nbsp;regions and 2&nbsp;autonomous districts
|'''108&nbsp;departments'''
|—
|Districts removed.
|-
|[[File:Departments of Côte d'Ivoire (2020-).svg|200px]]
|2020&ndash;
|31&nbsp;regions and 2&nbsp;autonomous districts
|'''109&nbsp;departments'''
|—
|One department added.
|}

==Notes==
{{Reflist}}

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* [http://www.dgddl.interieur.gouv.ci/documentation/20130612092155TEXTELIGISLATIFETREGLEMENTAIRE.pdf Décret n°2012-612 de 4 juillet 2012 portant creation de la Region du Moronou] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210917105901/http://www.dgddl.interieur.gouv.ci/documentation/20130612092155TEXTELIGISLATIFETREGLEMENTAIRE.pdf |date=2021-09-17 }}, page 86.
* [http://www.dgddl.interieur.gouv.ci/documentation/2013050314000320130503140003LOI%20N%202012%201128%20DU13DEC2012%20PORTANT%20ORGANISATION%20CT.doc Loi n°2012-1128 du 13 décembre 2012 portant organisation des collectivités territoriales] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303175240/http://www.dgddl.interieur.gouv.ci/documentation/2013050314000320130503140003LOI%20N%202012%201128%20DU13DEC2012%20PORTANT%20ORGANISATION%20CT.doc |date=2016-03-03 }}

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