Arrah Department

Arrah Department is a department of Moronou Region in Lacs District, Ivory Coast. In 2017, Its seat is in the settlement of Arrah. The sub-prefectures of the department are Arrah, Kotobi, and Krégbé.

Arrah Department Département d'Arrah
Department
Location in Ivory Coast. Arrah Department has retained the same boundaries since its creation in 2009.
Country	Ivory Coast
District	Lacs
Region	Moronou
2009	Established as a second-level subdivision via a division of Bongouanou Dept
2011	Converted to a third-level subdivision
2012	Transferred from N'Zi Region to new Moronou Region
Departmental seat	Arrah
Government [1]
• Prefect	Georges Gonbagui Gueu
Area
• Total	1,540 km2 (590 sq mi)
Population  (2021 census)[2]
• Total	103,846
• Density	67/km2 (170/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+0 (GMT)

History

Arrah Department was created in 2009 as a second-level division via a split-off from Bongouanou Department.^[3] At its creation, it was part of N'Zi-Comoé 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, Arrah Department became part of N'Zi Region in Lacs District. In 2012, it was joined with two other departments to form the new Moronou Region.

Notes

1. "Préfets de Région et de Préfets de Département (Conseil des ministres du mercredi 26 septembre 2012)", abidjan.net, 2 October 2012.
2. Citypopulation.de Population of the regions and departments of Ivory Coast
3. "Regions of Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast)", statoids.com, accessed 16 February 2016.

6°40′N 3°58′W