{{Infobox former subdivision |_noautocat = <!-- "no" for no automatic categorization --> |native_name = ''Département d'Est'' |conventional_long_name = Est Department |common_name = Est |subdivision = [[Departments of Ivory Coast|Department]] |nation = Ivory Coast <!-- General information --> |capital = [[Abengourou]] |latd= |latm= |latNS= |longd= |longm= |longEW= |national_motto = <!-- Accepts wikilinks --> |national_anthem = <!-- Accepts wikilinks --> |political_subdiv = <!-- Accepts wikilinks --> |today = [[Indénié-Djuablin Region]] and [[Zanzan District]] <!-- Rise and fall, events, years and dates --> <!-- Only fill in the start/end event entry if a specific article exists. Don't just say "abolition" or "declaration". --> |year_start = 1963 |event_start = Established via a division of [[Sud Department (Ivory Coast)|Sud-Est Dept]] |year_end = 1969 |event_end = [[Dissolution (law)|Disestablished]] |date_end = <!-- Optional: Date of disestablishment --> |image_map = Est Department locator map Côte d'Ivoire (1963-69).jpg |image_map_caption = The location of Est Department in Ivory Coast. }} '''Est Department''' was one a [[departments of Ivory Coast]] between 1963 and 1969. It was established in 1963 as a split-off from [[Sud Department (Ivory Coast)|Sud-Est Department]]. During Est Department's existence, departments were the first-level administrative [[subdivisions of Ivory Coast]].
Using current boundaries as a reference, the territory of Est Department was composed of [[Indénié-Djuablin Region]] and [[Zanzan District]].
In 1969, Est Department and the other five existing departments of the country were abolished and replaced with 24 new departments. The territory of Est Department became the new departments of [[Abengourou Department|Abengourou]] and [[Bondoukou Department|Bondoukou]].
==References== *[http://www.statoids.com/uci.html "Districts of Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast)"], ''statoids.com'', accessed 17 February 2016.
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[[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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