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 [1]
• Prefect	Alliali Kouadio
Area [2]
• Total	3,300 km2 (1,300 sq mi)
Population  (2021 census)[3]
• Total	587,441
• Density	180/km2 (460/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+0 (GMT)

Soubré Department is a department of Nawa Region in Bas-Sassandra District, Ivory Coast. In 2021, its population was 587,441 and its seat is the settlement of Soubré. The sub-prefectures of the department are Grand-Zattry, Liliyo, Okrouyo, and Soubré.

Soubré Department was created in 1980 as a split-off from Sassandra Department.^[4] 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.^[5]

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