Abidjan Department ( French : Département d'Abidjan , pronounced [depaʁtəmɑ̃ d‿abidʒɑ̃] ) 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.
6-494: Abidjan Department was created in 1969 as one of the 24 new departments that were created to take the place of the six departments that were being abolished. It was created from territory that was formerly part of Sud Department . Using current boundaries as a reference, from 1969 to 1988 the department encompassed all of the Abidjan Autonomous District ; all of Grands-Ponts Region ; all of Agnéby-Tiassa Region , with
12-471: 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
18-584: The country with no regions. Abidjan Department and the Abidjan Autonomous District share the same territory. This Abidjan location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Sud Department (Ivory Coast) 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
24-506: The exception of Agboville Department ; and Alépé Department in La Mé Region . Abidjan Department was divided into three parts in 1988 in order to create Grand-Lahou Department and Tiassalé Department . In 1997, regions were introduced as new first-level subdivisions of Ivory Coast; as a result, all departments were converted into second-level subdivisions. Abidjan Department was included as part of Lagunes Region . Abidjan Department
30-438: 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
36-429: Was divided again in 1998 in order to create Alépé , Dabou , and Jacqueville Departments . In 2011, districts were introduced as new first-level subdivisions of Ivory Coast. At the same time, regions were reorganised and became second-level subdivisions and all departments were converted into third-level subdivisions. At this time, Abidjan Department became part of Abidjan Autonomous District , one of two districts in
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