Bafing Region

Bafing Region
Région du Bafing
Region
Motto: "La Renaissance du Bafing"

Location of Bafing Region (green) in Ivory Coast and in Woroba District
Country  Ivory Coast
District Woroba
2000 Established as a first-level subdivision via division of Worodougou Region
2011 Converted to a second-level subdivision
Regional seat Touba
Government[1]
 • Prefect Benoît Yao Kouakou
 • Council President Diomande Lassina
Area[2]
 • Total 8,650 km2 (3,340 sq mi)
Population (2014)[3]
 • Total 183,047
 • Density 21/km2 (55/sq mi)
Time zone GMT (UTC+0)

Bafing Region is one of the 31 regions of Ivory Coast and is part of Woroba District. The region's seat is Touba. The region's area is 8,922 km²,[4] and its population in the 2014 census was 183,047.[3]

Departments and geography

Bafing Region is currently divided into three departments: Koro, Ouaninou, and Touba. The region is traversed by a northwesterly line of equal latitude and longitude.

History

Bafing Region was created in 2000 as a first-level administration region of the country. It was formed by splitting-off Touba Department from Worodougou Region. Koro Department was created as a split-off from Touba Department in 2008.

As part of the 2011 reorganisation of the subdivisions of Ivory Coast, Bafing was converted into a second-level administrative region and was added to the new first-level Woroba District.[5] No territorial changes were made to Bafing as a result of the reorganisation, but a third department—Ouaninou Department—was created by splitting Touba Department again.

Demographic change

Historical population of Bafing Region
Year1988199820102014
Population107 886148 813205 339183 047

Notes

  1. ↑ "Préfets de Région et de Préfets de Département (Conseil des ministres du mercredi 26 septembre 2012)", abidjan.net, 2 October 2012.
  2. ↑ "Bafing", gouv.ci, accessed 23 February 2016.
  3. 1 2 "Côte d'Ivoire". geohive.com. Retrieved 5 December 2015.
  4. ↑ "Districts of Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast)". Statoids.com. Retrieved 24 June 2015.
  5. ↑ Décret n° 2011-263 du 28 septembre 2011 portant organisation du territoire national en Districts et en Régions.

Coordinates: 8°30′N 7°30′W / 8.500°N 7.500°W / 8.500; -7.500

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