Guiglo Department
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Guiglo Department
| native_name = Département de Guiglo
| native_name_lang = fr
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| settlement_type = Department
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| image_map = File:Guiglo_Department_location_in_Cavally_Region_(Côte_d'Ivoire).svg
| map_caption = Location in Ivory Coast. Guiglo Department has had these boundaries since 2013.
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{flag|Ivory Coast}}
|subdivision_type1 = Region
|subdivision_name1 = Cavally
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|seat_type = Departmental seat
|seat = Guiglo
| established_date = Established as a first-level subdivision
| established_title = 1969
| established_date1 = Divided to create Duékoué Dept
| established_title1 = 1985
| established_date2 = Converted to a second-level subdivision
| established_title2 = 1991
| established_date3 = Divided to create Toulépleu Dept
| established_title3 = 1996
| established_date4 = Transferred to the new Moyen-Cavally Region
| established_title4 = 2000
| established_date5 = Divided to create Bloléquin Dept
| established_title5 = 2005
| established_date6 = Converted to a third-level subdivision
| established_title6 = 2011
| established_date7 = Divided to create Taï Dept
| established_title7 = 2013
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| government_footnotes = [http://news.abidjan.net/h/442135.html "Préfets de Région et de Préfets de Département (Conseil des ministres du mercredi 26 septembre 2012)"], abidjan.net, 2 October 2012.
| leader_title = Prefect
| leader_name = Koné Messamba
| unit_pref = Metric
| area_total_km2 = 3280
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| population_footnotes =[https://www.citypopulation.de/en/ivorycoast/admin/ Citypopulation.de] Population of the regions and departments of Ivory Coast
| population_total = 259,381
| population_as_of = 2021 census
| population_density_km2 = auto
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| timezone = GMT
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Guiglo Department is a department of Cavally Region in Montagnes District, Ivory Coast. In 2021, its population was 259,381 and its seat is the settlement of Guiglo. The sub-prefectures of the department are Bédy-Goazon, Guiglo, Kaadé, and Nizahon.
History
Guiglo 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 Ouest Department. Using current boundaries as a reference, from 1969 to 1988 the department occupied the same territory as Cavally Region plus Duékoué Department of Guémon Region. This territory was organised into Moyen-Cavally Region in 2000.
In 1985, Guiglo Department was split in two in order to create Duékoué Department.Decree 85-1086, 17 October 1985. In 1991, regions were introduced as new first-level subdivisions of Ivory Coast; as a result, all departments were converted into second-level subdivisions. Guiglo Department was included in the West Region, renamed Dix-Huit Montagnes Region in 1997.
Guiglo Department was divided again in 1996 to create Toulépleu Department.Decree 96-1086, 25 July 1986. In 2000, it was included in the newly formed Moyen-Cavally Region.
A third division of Guiglo Department occurred in 2005 with the splitting-off of Bloléquin Department.Decree 2005-242, 2 July 2005.
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, Guiglo Department became part of Cavally Region in Montagnes District.
Guiglo Department was divided for a fourth time in 2013 when two sub-prefectures were removed from it to create Taï Department.[http://www.depse.ci/telecharger-fichier-joint/20 "Le décret n° 2013-179 du 22 mars 2013 portant création du Département de Tai"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170901022421/http://www.depse.ci/telecharger-fichier-joint/20 |date=2017-09-01 }}, depse.ci, accessed 23 February 2016.
=Maps of historical boundaries=
File:Guiglo Department locator map Côte d'Ivoire (1969-74).jpg|Guiglo Department upon its creation in 1969. It kept these boundaries until 1988, but other departments began to be divided in 1974.
File:Guiglo Department locator map Côte d'Ivoire (1988-95).jpg|Guiglo Department from 1988 to 1998. (Other departments began to be divided in 1995.)
File:Guiglo Department locator map Côte d'Ivoire (1998-2000).jpg|Guiglo Department from 1998 to 2005. (Other subdivision boundaries began to change in 2000.)
File:Guiglo Department locator map Côte d'Ivoire (2005-08).jpg|Guiglo Department from 2005 to 2008. (Other subdivision boundaries began to change in 2008.)
File:Guiglo Department (before 2013) in the Cavally region and Montagnes district (Côte d'Ivoire).svg|Guiglo Department from 2008 to 2012. (Other subdivision boundaries began to change in 2008.)
Notes
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{{Departments of Ivory Coast}}
{{Cavally Region subdivisions}}
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Category:Departments of Cavally Region
Category:1969 establishments in Ivory Coast
Category:States and territories established in 1969
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