Soubré Department

Soubré Department Département de Soubré
Department
Location in Ivory Coast. Soubré Department has had these boundaries since 2012.
Country	Ivory Coast
District	Bas-Sassandra
Region	Nawa
1980	Established as a first-level subdivision via a division of Sassandra Dept
1997	Converted to a second-level subdivision
2011	Converted to a third-level subdivision
2012	Divided to create Buyo and Méagui Depts
Departmental seat	Soubré
Government
• Prefect	Alliali Kouadio
Area
• Total	4,779 km2 (1,845 sq mi)
Population  (2014)
• Total	464,554
• Density	97/km2 (250/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+0 (GMT)

Soubré Department is a department of Nawa Region in Bas-Sassandra District, Ivory Coast. In 2014, its population was 464,554 and its seat is the settlement of Soubré. The sub-prefectures of the department are Grand-Zattry, Liliyo, Okrouyo, and Soubré.

History

Soubré Department upon its creation in 1980. It kept these boundaries until 2012, but other subdivision boundary changes began to be made in 1988.

Soubré Department was created in 1980 as a split-off from Sassandra Department. Using current boundaries as a reference, from 1980 to 2013 the department occupied the same territory as Nawa Region, with the exception of Guéyo 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. Soubré Department was included in Bas-Sassandra Region.

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, Soubré Department became part of Nawa Region in Bas-Sassandra District.

In 2012, four sub-prefectures were split from Soubré Department to create Buyo Department and Méagui Department.