Sud Department (Ivory Coast) Explained

Native Name:Département de Sud
Conventional Long Name:Sud Department
Common Name:Sud
Subdivision:Department
Nation:Ivory Coast
Capital:Abidjan
Today:As Sud Dept: Abidjan Autonomous and Lagunes Districts; Gbôklé, Lôh-Djiboua, San-Pédro, and Sud-Comoé Regions
As Sud-Est Dept: Abidjan Autonomous, Lagunes, and Zanzan Districts; Gbôklé, Indénié-Djuablin, Lôh-Djiboua, San-Pédro, and Sud-Comoé Regions
Year Start:1961
Event Start:Established as a first-level subdivision as Sud-Est Department
Date Event1:1963
Event1:Divided to create Est Dept
Date Event2:1963
Event2:Renamed Sud Department
Year End:1969
Event End:Disestablished
Image Map Caption:The location of Sud Department in Ivory Coast. The boundaries of the departments are those that existed in 1963–69.

Sud Department (originally Sud-Est Department) was one of the original four departments of Ivory Coast. It was established in 1961, along with Centre Department, Nord Department, and Sud-Ouest Department. During Sud Department's existence, departments were the first-level administrative subdivisions of Ivory Coast.

The department was established as Sud-Est Department. Using current boundaries as a reference, the territory of Sud-Est Department was composed of Abidjan Autonomous District, Comoé District, Gbôklé Region, Lagunes District, Lôh-Djiboua Region, San-Pédro Region, and Zanzan District.

In 1963, Est Department was created by dividing Sud-Est Department. As a result of this division, Sud-Est Department was renamed Sud Department. Using current boundaries as a reference, the territory of Sud Department was composed of Abidjan Autonomous District, Gbôklé Region, Lagunes District, Lôh-Djiboua Region, San-Pédro Region, and Sud-Comoé Region.

In 1969, Sud Department and the other five existing departments of the country were abolished and replaced with 24 new departments. The territory of Sud Department became the new departments of Abidjan, Aboisso, Adzopé, Agboville, Divo, and Sassandra.[1]

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Notes and References

  1. Sassandra Department was created from territory taken partly from Sud Department and partly from Centre-Ouest Department.