Sud Department (originally Sud-Est Department) was one of the original four

departments of Ivory Coast Departments of Ivory Coast () are currently the third-level administrative subdivisions of Ivory Coast, subdivision of the country. Each of the 31 second-level regions of Ivory Coast is divided into two or more departments. (The autonomous distri ...

. 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 Ivory Coast (Côte d'Ivoire) is a relatively Decentralization, decentralised state. The country divided into 14 Districts of Ivory Coast, districts, of which two are cities organised as autonomous districts. The other 12 districts are subdivided in ...

. 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 Abidjan Department (, ) is a department of Ivory Coast. It is the sole department in Abidjan Autonomous District: the territory of the department and the district are the same.Comoé District Comoé District (; , named for the Komoé River) is one of fourteen administrative districts of Ivory Coast. The district is located in the southeast corner of the country, bordering Ghana to the east, Zanzan District to the north, Lacs Distri ...

Gbôklé Region Gbôklé Region is one of the 31 regions of Ivory Coast. Since its establishment in 2011, it has been one of three regions in Bas-Sassandra District. The seat of the region is Sassandra and the region's population in the 2021 census was 460,980. ...

Lagunes District Lagunes District (, , ) is one of fourteen administrative districts of Ivory Coast. The district is located in the southern part of the country. The capital of the district is Dabou. Creation Lagunes District was created in a 2011 administrative ...

Lôh-Djiboua Region Lôh-Djiboua Region is one of the 31 regions of Ivory Coast. Since its creation in 2011, it has been one of two regions in Gôh-Djiboua District. The regional seat is Divo and the region's area is 10,650 km². At the 2021 census, the region ha ...

San-Pédro Region San-Pédro Region is one of the 31 regions of Ivory Coast. Since its establishment in 2011, it has been one of three regions in Bas-Sassandra District. The seat of the region is San-Pédro and the region's population in the 2021 census was 1,060,7 ...

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Zanzan District Zanzan District (, ) is one of fourteen Districts of Ivory Coast, administrative districts of Ivory Coast. The district is located in the northeast of the country. The capital of the district is Bondoukou. Creation Zanzan District was created in ...

. 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 Abidjan Department (, ) is a department of Ivory Coast. It is the sole department in Abidjan Autonomous District: the territory of the department and the district are the same.Gbôklé Region Gbôklé Region is one of the 31 regions of Ivory Coast. Since its establishment in 2011, it has been one of three regions in Bas-Sassandra District. The seat of the region is Sassandra and the region's population in the 2021 census was 460,980. ...

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Sud-Comoé Region Sud-Comoé Region is one of the 31 regions of Ivory Coast. Since 2011, it has been one of two regions in Comoé District. The region's seat is Aboisso. The region's area is 7,240 km2, and its population in the 2021 census was 784,893. Histo ...

. 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 Abidjan ( , ; N'Ko script, N'ko: ߊߓߌߖߊ߲߬) is the largest city and the former capital of Ivory Coast. As of the Demographics of Ivory Coast, 2021 census, Abidjan's population was 6.3 million, which is 21.5 percent of the overall population ...

Aboisso Aboisso is a town in south-eastern Ivory Coast lying on the Soumié River. It is a sub-prefecture of the Aboisso Department for which it is also the seat of government. Aboisso is also a commune as well as the seat of government for the Sud-Co ...

Adzopé Adzopé is a town in south-eastern Ivory Coast. It is a sub-prefecture of and the seat of Adzopé Department. It is also a commune and the seat of La Mé Region in Lagunes District. In the 2021 census, the sub-prefecture of Adzopé had a populat ...

Agboville Agboville is the town in south-eastern Ivory Coast. It is a sub-prefecture of and the seat of Agboville Department. It is also a commune and the seat of Agnéby-Tiassa Region in Lagunes District. Agboville is situated 79 km north of Abidjan. Th ...

Divo Divo or DIVO may refer to: * Divo, Ivory Coast, a town in the Ivory Coast * Divo Department, a department of the Ivory Coast *Il Divo, an operatic pop quartet * ''Il Divo'' (film), an Italian film directed by Paolo Sorrentino * Divo (record label) ...

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Sassandra Sassandra is a town in southern Ivory Coast. It is a sub-prefecture of and the seat of Sassandra Department. It is also a commune and the seat of Gbôklé Region in Bas-Sassandra District. Sassandra lies on the Gulf of Guinea at the mouth of th ...

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

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References

"Districts of Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast)"
''statoids.com'', accessed 17 February 2016. Former departments of Ivory Coast 1961 establishments in Ivory Coast 1969 disestablishments in Ivory Coast States and territories established in 1961 States and territories disestablished in 1969 {{IvoryCoast-geo-stub