Béré Region Explained

Béré Region
Native Name:Région du Béré
Native Name Lang:fr
Other Name:Koyadougou Region
Région du Koyadougou
Settlement Type:Region
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:District
Subdivision Name1:Woroba
Established Title:Established
Established Date:2011
Seat Type:Regional seat
Seat:Mankono
Government Footnotes:[1]
Leader Title:Prefect
Leader Name:Dago Rémi Adjé
Leader Title1:Council President
Leader Name1:Karamoko Abdel Kader
Unit Pref:Metric
Area Footnotes:[2]
Area Total Km2:10900
Population Footnotes:[3]
Population Total:492,151
Population As Of:2021 census
Population Density Km2:auto
Timezone1:GMT
Utc Offset1:+0

Béré Region (originally known as Koyadougou Region) is one of the 31 regions of Ivory Coast. Since its establishment in 2011, it has been one of three regions in Woroba District. The seat of the region is Mankono and the region's population in the 2021 census was 492,151.

Béré is currently divided into three departments: Dianra, Kounahiri, and Mankono.

Name

In the 2011 decree that created the region, Béré was referred to exclusively as the region of "Koyadougou".[4] Since its creation, the region has more commonly been referred to as "Béré".

Notes

8.05°N -17°W

Notes and References

  1. http://news.abidjan.net/h/442135.html "Préfets de Région et de Préfets de Département (Conseil des ministres du mercredi 26 septembre 2012)"
  2. http://www.dgddl.interieur.gouv.ci/index.php?page=mono_detail&title=regions&id=3 "Béré"
  3. https://www.citypopulation.de/en/ivorycoast/admin/ Citypopulation.de
  4. http://www.pndap-ci.org/pdf/decret_districts.pdf Décret n° 2011-263 du 28 septembre 2011 portant organisation du territoire national en Districts et en Régions