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
• Prefect	Konan Djézou
Area
• Total	1,860 km2 (720 sq mi)
Population  (2021 census)
• Total	107,752
• Density	58/km2 (150/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+0 (GMT)

Fresco Department is a department of Gbôklé Region in Bas-Sassandra District, Ivory Coast. In 2021, its population was 107,752 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. 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.)