Lacs District
{{short description|District of Ivory Coast}}
{{Distinguish|Lacs Region}}
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| native_name = District des Lacs
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| seat_type = Capital
| seat = Dimbokro
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| established_date = 2011
| area_total_km2 = 26100
| population_as_of = 2021 census
| population_total = 1488531
| population_footnotes = [https://www.citypopulation.de/en/ivorycoast/cities/ Citypopulation.de] Population of the districts of Ivory Coast
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Lacs District ({{langx|fr|District des Lacs}}; {{IPA|fr|lak|pron}}, "Lakes") is one of fourteen administrative districts of Ivory Coast. The district is located in the central part of the country. The capital of the district is Dimbokro.
Creation
Lacs District was created in a 2011 administrative reorganisation of the subdivisions of Ivory Coast.Décret n° 2011-263 du 28 septembre 2011 portant organisation du territoire national en Districts et en Régions. The territory of the district was composed by merging the former regions of N'Zi-Comoé and Lacs and removing the area of the Yamoussoukro Autonomous District.{{cite web|title=Districts of Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast)|url=http://www.statoids.com/uci.html|website=Statoids.com|access-date=24 June 2015}}
Administrative divisions
Lacs District is currently subdivided into four regions and the following departments:
- Bélier Region (region seat in Yamoussoukro, outside the district)
- Didiévi Department
- Djékanou Department
- Tiébissou Department
- Toumodi Department
- Iffou Region (region seat in Daoukro)
- Daoukro Department
- M'Bahiakro Department
- Prikro Department
- Moronou Region (region seat in Bongouanou)
- Arrah Department
- Bongouanou Department
- M'Batto Department
- N'zi Region (region seat also in Dimbokro)
- Bocanda Department
- Dimbokro Department
- Kouassi-Kouassikro Department
Moronou Region was created in 2012 as a split-off from N'Zi Region.
Population
References
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{{Districts of Ivory Coast}}
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