Duékoué | |
Settlement Type: | City, sub-prefecture, and commune |
Pushpin Map: | Ivory Coast |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 300 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Ivory Coast |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | District |
Subdivision Name1: | Montagnes |
Subdivision Type2: | Region |
Subdivision Name2: | Guémon |
Subdivision Type3: | Department |
Subdivision Name3: | Duékoué |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Area Total Km2: | 827 |
Population As Of: | 2021 census |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population Note: | (2014 census) |
Population Total: | 220953 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Population Blank1 Title: | City |
Population Blank1: | 90274[2] |
Population Blank2 Title: | Ethnicities |
Timezone: | GMT |
Utc Offset: | +0 |
Coordinates: | 6.7333°N -28°W |
Duékoué (in French dwekwe/) is a city in western Ivory Coast. It is a sub-prefecture of and the seat of Duékoué Department. It is also the seat of Guémon Region in Montagnes District and a commune. In the 2021 census, the population of the sub-prefecture of Duékoué was 220,953.[1]
At least 800 people were killed in Duékoué on 29 March 2011 during fierce fighting during the 2010–11 Ivorian crisis.[3]
The Köppen-Geiger climate classification system classifies its climate as tropical wet and dry (Aw).[4]
The sixteen villages of the sub-prefecture of Duékoué and their population in 2014 are:[5]