Côte d'Ivoire has been reorganized so that the secondary divisions are now 31 regions and two autonomous districts.

FIPS Publication Change Notice No. 10, affecting FIPS PUB 10-4, was issued on 2006-03-23. It assigns new FIPS codes to the current Ivorian regions, superseding the department codes formerly in effect.

Change Notice 7 to FIPS PUB 10-4 is dated 2002-01-10. It lists the eight new departments which were created in Côte d'Ivoire around 1998.

Region	HASC	Population	Capital
Abidjan	CI.AB.AB	4,707,404	Abidjan
Agnéby-Tiassa	CI.LN.AT	606,852	Agboville
Bafing	CI.WB.BF	183,047	Touba
Bagoué	CI.SV.BG	375,687	Boundiali
Bélier	CI.LA.BL	346,768	Yamoussoukro
Béré	CI.WB.BR	389,758	Mankono
Bounkani	CI.ZA.BK	267,167	Bouna
Cavally	CI.MN.CV	459,964	Guiglo
Folon	CI.DE.FO	96,415	Minignan
Gbeke	CI.VB.GE	1,010,849	Bouaké
Gbôkle	CI.BA.GL	400,798	Sassandra
Gôh	CI.GD.GH	876,117	Gagnoa
Gontougo	CI.ZA.GT	667,185	Bondoukou
Grands Ponts	CI.LN.GP	356,495	Dabou
Guémon	CI.MN.GM	919,392	Duékoué
Hambol	CI.VB.HB	429,977	Katiola
Haut-Sassandra	CI.SM.HS	1,430,960	Daloa
Iffou	CI.LA.IF	311,642	Daoukro
Indénié-Djuablin	CI.CM.ID	560,432	Abengourou
Kabadougou	CI.DE.KB	193,364	Odienné
La Mé (Massan)	CI.LN.ME	514,700	Adzopé
Lôh-Djiboua	CI.GD.LD	729,169	Divo
Marahoué	CI.SM.MH	862,344	Bouaflé
Moronou	CI.LA.MN	352,616	Bongouanou
Nawa	CI.BA.NW	1,053,084	Soubré
N'zi	CI.LA.NZ	247,578	Dimbokro
Poro	CI.SV.PR	763,852	Korhogo
San-Pédro	CI.BA.SP	826,666	San-Pédro
Sud-Comoé	CI.CM.SC	642,620	Aboisso
Tchologo	CI.SV.TL	467,958	Ferkessédougou
Tonkpi	CI.MN.TP	992,564	Man
Worodougou	CI.WB.WR	272,334	Séguéla
Yamoussoukro	CI.YM.YM	355,573	Yamoussoukro
Region: except for Abidjan and Yamoussoukro, which are autonomous districts. HASC: Hierarchical administrative subdivision codes. The middle two letters identify the district. For key, see Districts of Côte d'Ivoire page. Population: 2014-05-15 census.

Change history:

1. ~1970: Côte d'Ivoire was subdivided into 24 departments.
2. ~1974: Bouna department split from Bondoukou; Dabakala department split from Katiola. The 1975 census reported populations for the following divisions, separating two communes from their departments:

Division	Typ	Population
Abengourou	d	175,891
Abidjan	c	685,828
Abidjan	d	702,492
Aboisso	d	146,876
Adzopé	d	159,502
Agboville	d	140,250
Biankouma	d	74,408
Bondoukou	d	293,838
Bouaflé	d	265,875
Bouaké	c	173,248
Bouaké	d	632,111
Bouna	d	77,232
Boundiali	d	132,160
Dabakala	d	55,356
Daloa	d	367,414
Danané	d	169,589
Dimbokro	d	478,054
Divo	d	275,171
Ferkéssédougou	d	90,901
Gagnoa	d	256,006
Guiglo	d	135,252
Katiola	d	75,909
Korhogo	d	276,846
Man	d	277,648
Odienné	d	124,196
Sassandra	d	195,620
Séguéla	d	157,644
Touba	d	77,696
Total		6,673,013
Typ: c = commune, d = département. Population: 1975-04-30 provisional census results.

1. ~1980: Bongouanou department split from Dimbokro; Issia split from Daloa; Lakota split from Divo; Mankono split from Séguéla; Oumé split from Gagnoa; Soubré split from Sassandra; Tengréla split from Boundiali; Zuénoula split from Bouaflé. At this stage, FIPS codes were assigned to the departments.
2. ~1988: New departments were created. The FIPS codes of departments that lost part of their territory were changed to reflect that fact. (The former FIPS codes of those departments are shown in parentheses.) Grand-Lahou and Tiassalé split from Abidjan (IV02); Tanda split from Bondoukou (IV08); Sinfra split from Bouaflé (IV09); Béoumi, Mbahiakro, Sakassou, Toumodi, and Yamoussoukro split from Bouaké (IV10); Vavoua split from Daloa (IV13); Daoukro split from Dimbokro (IV15); Duékoué split from Guiglo (IV19); Bangolo split from Man (IV22); San-Pédro and Tabou split from Sassandra (IV24).
3. ~1995: Agnibilékrou department split from Abengourou (IV01). The following table shows the 50 departments of Côte d'Ivoire at that time.

Department	ISO	FIPS	Population	Area(km.²)
Abengourou	ABE	IV59	311,500	5,200
Abidjan	ABI	IV35	3,624,800	8,550
Aboisso	ABO	IV04	328,500	6,250
Adzopé	ADZ	IV05	345,100	5,230
Agboville	AGB	IV06	296,300	3,850
Agnibilékrou	AGN	IV60	122,700	1,700
Bangolo	BAN	IV36	166,900	2,060
Béoumi	BEO	IV37	132,400	2,860
Biankouma	BIA	IV07	144,600	4,950
Bondoukou	BON	IV38	255,400	10,040
Bongouanou	BAN	IV27	327,800	5,570
Bouaflé	BOF	IV39	238,400	3,980
Bouaké	BOK	IV40	658,900	4,700
Bouna	BON	IV11	195,500	21,470
Boundiali	BOD	IV12	185,000	7,895
Dabakala	DAB	IV03	119,400	9,670
Daloa	DAL	IV41	525,700	5,450
Danané	DAN	IV14	322,900	4,600
Daoukro	DAO	IV42	125,700	3,610
Dimbokro	DIM	IV43	206,400	4,920
Divo	DIV	IV16	566,500	7,920
Duékoué	DUE	IV44	147,500	2,930
Ferkessédougou	FER	IV17	251,400	17,728
Gagnoa	GAG	IV18	401,000	4,500
Grand-Lahou	GRL	IV45	76,600	2,280
Guiglo	GUI	IV46	246,700	11,220
Issia	ISS	IV28	283,500	3,590
Katiola	KAT	IV20	190,800	9,420
Korhogo	KOR	IV21	564,200	12,500
Lakota	LAK	IV29	168,600	2,730
Man	MAN	IV47	417,200	4,990
Mankono	MNK	IV30	179,900	10,660
Mbahiakro	MBA	IV48	149,500	5,460
Odienné	ODI	IV23	246,400	20,600
Oumé	OUM	IV31	203,800	2,400
Sakassou	SAK	IV49	86,500	1,880
San-Pédro	SAP	IV50	244,600	6,900
Sassandra	SAS	IV51	156,500	5,190
Séguéla	SEG	IV25	176,100	11,240
Sinfra	SIN	IV52	175,000	1,690
Soubré	SOU	IV32	449,800	8,270
Tabou	TAB	IV53	86,800	5,440
Tanda	TAN	IV54	295,400	6,490
Tengréla	TEN	IV33	80,400	2,200
Tiassalé	TIA	IV55	192,900	3,370
Touba	TOB	IV26	158,700	8,720
Toumodi	TOM	IV56	117,700	2,780
Vavoua	VAV	IV57	246,400	6,160
Yamoussoukro	YAM	IV58	413,900	6,160
Zuénoula	ZUE	IV34	166,400	2,830
ISO: Codes from ISO/DIS (draft standard) 3166-2, issued in late 1996. These codes were omitted from the final standard (1998), so they are presumably obsolete. FIPS: Codes from FIPS PUB 10-4. Population: Projections calculated for 2000 from earlier census figures. Data provided by Karem Abdalla. Capital: Capital always has the same name as the department.

1. ~1998: Alépé, Dabou, and Jacqueville departments split from Abidjan; Adiaké and Grand Bassam split from Aboisso; Bocanda split from Dimbokro; Toulépleu split from Guiglo; Tiébissou split from Yamoussoukro. I assigned HASC codes to the 58 departments based on the division into regions as of 2001.
2. 2001-08-09: Status of Abidjan changed from department to autonomous district.
3. 2002-01-21: Status of Yamoussoukro changed from department to autonomous district.
4. 2005: Akoupé department split from Adzopé (former HASC code CI.AG.AZ); Madinani and Minignan split from Odienné (CI.DE.OD); Kouibly split from Man (CI.DH.MN); Zouan Hounien split from Danané (CI.DH.DN); Didiévi split from Tiébissou (CI.LC.TS); Prikro split from Mbahiakro (CI.NC.MB); Nassian split from Bouna (CI.ZA.BO).
5. 2005-10-06: Sikensi department split from Dabou (CI.LG.DU); Bloléquin split from Guiglo (CI.MV.GU); Kounahiri split from Mankono (CI.WR.MK); Koun-Fao split from Tanda (CI.ZA.TD).
6. 2008-03-05: Yakassé Attobrou department split from Adzopé; Koro split from Touba (CI.BF.TO); Guéyo split from Sassandra (CI.BS.SS); Zoukougbeu split from Daloa (CI.HT.DL); Bettié split from Abengourou (CI.MC.AG); Kouto split from Boundiali (CI.SV.BL); Ouangolodougou split from Ferkessédougou (CI.SV.FE); Sinématiali split from Korhogo (CI.SV.KO); Tiapoum split from Aboisso (CI.SC.AO); and Botro split from Bouaké (CI.VB.BK), by decree no. 2008-96.
7. 2008-10-08: Fresco department split from Divo (CI.SB.DV), by decree no. 2008-282.

Department	HASC	FIPS	Old
Abengourou	CI.MC.AN	IV59	02
Abidjan	CI.LG.AB	IV61	09
Aboisso	CI.SC.AI	IV62	09
Adiaké	CI.SC.AD	IV63	09
Adzopé	CI.AG.AE	IV05	09
Agboville	CI.AG.AV	IV06	09
Agnibilékrou	CI.MC.AK	IV60	02
Akoupé	CI.AG.AP		09
Alépé	CI.LG.AL	IV64	09
Bangolo	CI.DH.BA	IV36	08
Béoumi	CI.VB.BE	IV37	03
Bettié	CI.MC.BT		02
Biankouma	CI.DH.BI	IV07	08
Bloléquin	CI.MV.BQ		08
Bocanda	CI.NC.BN	IV65	01
Bondoukou	CI.ZA.BD	IV38	06
Bongouanou	CI.NC.BG	IV27	01
Botro	CI.VB.BR		03
Bouaflé	CI.MR.BF	IV39	04
Bouaké	CI.VB.BC	IV40	03
Bouna	CI.ZA.BU	IV11	06
Boundiali	CI.SV.BY	IV12	05
Dabakala	CI.VB.DB	IV03	03
Dabou	CI.LG.DP	IV66	09
Daloa	CI.HT.DO	IV41	04
Danané	CI.DH.DE	IV14	08
Daoukro	CI.NC.DA	IV42	01
Didiévi	CI.LC.DD		01
Dimbokro	CI.NC.DR	IV67	01
Divo	CI.SB.DW	IV16	09
Duékoué	CI.MV.DK	IV44	08
Ferkessédougou	CI.SV.FK	IV17	05
Fresco	CI.SB.FR		09
Gagnoa	CI.FR.GA	IV18	04
Grand-Bassam	CI.SC.GB	IV68	09
Grand-Lahou	CI.LG.GL	IV45	09
Guéyo	CI.BS.GY		10
Guiglo	CI.MV.GG	IV69	08
Issia	CI.HT.IS	IV28	04
Jacqueville	CI.LG.JA	IV70	09
Katiola	CI.VB.KA	IV20	03
Korhogo	CI.SV.KG	IV21	05
Koro	CI.BF.KR		07
Kouibly	CI.DH.KB		08
Kounahiri	CI.WR.KH		07
Koun-Fao	CI.ZA.KF		06
Kouto	CI.SV.KT		05
Lakota	CI.SB.LA	IV29	09
Madinani	CI.DE.MD		07
Man	CI.DH.MA	IV47	08
Mankono	CI.WR.MO	IV30	07
Mbahiakro	CI.NC.MH	IV48	03
Minignan	CI.DE.MG		07
Nassian	CI.ZA.NA		06
Odienné	CI.DE.ON	IV23	07
Ouangolodougou	CI.SV.OG		05
Oumé	CI.FR.OU	IV31	04
Prikro	CI.NC.PR		03
Sakassou	CI.VB.SK	IV49	03
San-Pédro	CI.BS.SP	IV50	10
Sassandra	CI.BS.SD	IV51	10
Séguéla	CI.WR.SG	IV25	07
Sikensi	CI.LG.SI		09
Sinématiali	CI.SV.SM		05
Sinfra	CI.MR.SN	IV52	04
Soubré	CI.BS.SO	IV32	10
Tabou	CI.BS.TA	IV53	10
Tanda	CI.ZA.TN	IV54	06
Tengréla	CI.SV.TG	IV33	05
Tiapoum	CI.SC.TU		09
Tiassalé	CI.LG.TI	IV55	09
Tiébissou	CI.LC.TE	IV71	01
Touba	CI.BF.TB	IV26	07
Toulépleu	CI.MV.TP	IV72	08
Toumodi	CI.LC.TM	IV56	01
Vavoua	CI.HT.VA	IV57	04
Yakassé Attobrou	CI.AG.YA		09
Yamoussoukro	CI.LC.YM	IV73	01
Zouan-Hounien	CI.DH.ZH		08
Zoukougbeu	CI.HT.ZK		04
Zuénoula	CI.MR.ZU	IV34	04
HASC: Hierarchical administrative subdivision codes FIPS: Codes from FIPS PUB 10-4 (obsolete). Old: ISO code for former region to which this department belonged, before about 1997. See Districts of Côte d'Ivoire page, ~1987 table, for key to codes. Capital: Capital always has the same name as the department.

1. 2009-03-27: Presidential decrees No. 2009-87 and 2009-88 announce the appointment of various departmental prefects and general secretaries. They imply the formation of at least these nine departments: in Denguélé region, Samatiguila department split from Odienné; in Lacs region, Attiégouakro department split from Yamoussoukro; in N'zi-Comoé region, Arrah and M'Batto departments split from Bongouanou; in Sud-Bandama region, Guitry department split from Divo; in Vallée du Bandama region, Niakaramadougou department split from Katiola; in Worodougou region, Kani department split from Séguéla; in Zanzan region, Sandégué department split from Bondoukou and Transua department split from Tanda.
2. 2011-09-28: Côte d'Ivoire reorganized from nineteen regions into fourteen districts. Two of them were autonomous districts (Abidjan and Yamoussoukro). The other twelve were further subdivided into thirty regions.
3. ~2012: Moronou region formed by taking Arrah, Bongouanou, and M’batto departments from N'zi.

Other names of subdivisions:

1. Bocanda: Bokanda (variant)
2. Iffou: Ifou (variant)
3. La Mé: Massan (variant)
4. Mbahiakro: M'Bahiakro (variant)
5. Sakassou: Sakasso (variant)
6. Tengréla: Tingréla (variant)