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."Regions of Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast)", statoids.com, accessed 16 February 2016.Décret n° 2008-282 du 8 octobre 2008 portant création du département de Fresco. 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.)
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