Guitry Department is a department of Lôh-Djiboua Region in Gôh-Djiboua District, Ivory Coast. In 2021, its population was 197,236 and its seat is the settlement of Guitry. The sub-prefectures of the department are Dairo-Didizo, Guitry, Lauzoua, and Yocoboué.

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Guitry Department Département de Guitry
Department
Location in Ivory Coast. Guitry Department has retained the same boundaries since its creation in 2009.
Country	Ivory Coast
District	Gôh-Djiboua
Region	Lôh-Djiboua
2009	Established as a second-level subdivision via division of Divo Dept
2011	Converted to a third-level subdivision
Departmental seat	Guitry
Government [1]
• Prefect	Patrice Loua
Area
• Total	2,480 km2 (960 sq mi)
Population  (2021 census)[2]
• Total	197,236
• Density	80/km2 (210/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+0 (GMT)

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Guitry Department was created in 2009 as a second-level subdivision via a split-off from Divo Department.^[3] At its creation, it was part of Sud-Bandama 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, Guitry Department became part of Lôh-Djiboua Region in Gôh-Djiboua District.