{{Infobox former subdivision |_noautocat = <!-- "no" for no automatic categorization --> |native_name = ''Département de Centre-Ouest'' |conventional_long_name = Centre-Ouest Department |common_name = Centre-Ouest |subdivision = [[Departments of Ivory Coast|Department]] |nation = Ivory Coast <!-- General information --> |capital = [[Daloa]] |latd= |latm= |latNS= |longd= |longm= |longEW= |national_motto = <!-- Accepts wikilinks --> |national_anthem = <!-- Accepts wikilinks --> |political_subdiv = <!-- Accepts wikilinks --> |today = [[Haut-Sassandra]], [[Gôh]], and [[Nawa Region]]s <!-- Rise and fall, events, years and dates --> |event_start = Established as a first-level subdivision via a division of [[Ouest Department (Ivory Coast)|Sud-Ouest Dept]] |year_start = 1963 |event_end = [[Dissolution (law)|Disestablished]] |year_end = 1969 |date_end = <!-- Optional: Date of disestablishment --> |image_map = Centre-Ouest Department locator map Côte d'Ivoire (1963-69).jpg |image_map_caption = The location of Centre-Ouest Department in Ivory Coast. }} '''Centre-Ouest Department''' was a [[departments of Ivory Coast|department of Ivory Coast]] between 1963 and 1969. It was established in 1963 as a split-off from [[Ouest Department (Ivory Coast)|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 Department|Daloa]], [[Gagnoa Department|Gagnoa]], and [[Sassandra Department|Sassandra]].<ref>Sassandra Department was created from territory taken partly from Centre-Ouest Department and partly from [[Sud Department (Ivory Coast)|Sud Department]].</ref>

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==References== *[http://www.statoids.com/uci.html "Districts of Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast)"], ''statoids.com'', accessed 17 February 2016.

{{Departments of Ivory Coast}}

[[Category:Former departments of Ivory Coast]] [[Category:1963 establishments in Ivory Coast]] [[Category:1969 disestablishments in Ivory Coast]] [[Category:States and territories established in 1963]] [[Category:States and territories disestablished in 1969]]

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