Ouest Department (Ivory Coast)

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

Sud-Ouest Department and the other three original departments of Ivory Coast (1961–63)

Ouest Department Département de Ouest
Department of Ivory Coast
1961–1969
The location of Ouest Department in Ivory Coast. The boundaries of the departments are those that existed in 1963–69.
Capital	Man
History
History
• Established as a first-level subdivision as Sud-Ouest Department	1961
• Divided to create Centre-Ouest Dept	1963
• Renamed Ouest Department	1963
• Disestablished	1969
Today part of	As Ouest Dept: Montagnes District As Sud-Ouest Dept: Montagnes District; Haut-Sassandra, Gôh, and Nawa Regions

The department was established as Sud-Ouest Department. Using current boundaries as a reference, the territory of Sud-Ouest Department was composed of Haut-Sassandra Region, Gôh Region, Montagnes District, and Nawa Region.

In 1963, Centre-Ouest Department was created by dividing Sud-Ouest Department. As a result of this division, Sud-Ouest Department was renamed Ouest Department. Using current boundaries as a reference, in 1963 Ouest Department occupied the same territory as Montagnes District.

In 1969, Ouest Department and the other five existing departments of the country were abolished and replaced with 24 new departments. The territory of Ouest Department became the new departments of Biankouma, Danané, Guiglo, and Man.