Aboisso Department

The sub-prefectures of the department are Aboisso, Adaou, Adjouan, Ayamé, Bianouan, Kouakro, Maféré, and Yaou.

Using current boundaries as a reference, the new department occupied all of what today is Sud-Comoé Region.

The territory of Aboisso Department was co-extensive with that of the new Sud-Comoé Region, which created a need to divide the department to avoid having completely overlapping first- and second-level subdivision.

[4] In 2011, districts were introduced as new first-level subdivisions of Ivory Coast.

At this time, Aboisso Department remained part of the retained Sud-Comoé Region in the new Comoé District.

Aboisso Department upon its creation in 1969. It kept these boundaries until 1998, but other departments began to be divided in 1974.