Centre-Ouest Department

Centre-Ouest Department Département de Centre-Ouest
Department of Ivory Coast
1963–1969
The location of Centre-Ouest Department in Ivory Coast.
Capital	Daloa
History
• Established as a first-level subdivision via a division of Sud-Ouest Dept	1963
• Disestablished	1969
Today part of	Haut-Sassandra, Gôh, and Nawa Regions

Centre-Ouest Department was a department of Ivory Coast between 1963 and 1969. It was established in 1963 as a split-off from Sud-Ouest Department. During Centre-Ouest Department's existence, departments were the first-level administrative subdivisions of Ivory Coast.

Using current boundaries as a reference, the territory of Centre-Ouest Department was composed of Haut-Sassandra Region, Gôh Region, and Nawa Region.

In 1969, Centre-Ouest Department and the other five existing departments of the country were abolished and replaced with 24 new departments. The territory of Centre-Ouest Department became the new departments of Daloa, Gagnoa, and Sassandra.^[1]

• "Districts of Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast)", statoids.com, accessed 17 February 2016.

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