Native Name: | Département de Centre-Ouest |
Conventional Long Name: | Centre-Ouest Department |
Common Name: | Centre-Ouest |
Subdivision: | Department |
Nation: | Ivory Coast |
Capital: | Daloa |
Today: | Haut-Sassandra, Gôh, and Nawa Regions |
Event Start: | Established as a first-level subdivision via a division of Sud-Ouest Dept |
Year Start: | 1963 |
Event End: | Disestablished |
Year End: | 1969 |
Image Map Caption: | The location of Centre-Ouest Department in Ivory Coast. |
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]