Folon Region Explained

Folon Region
Native Name:Région du Folon
Native Name Lang:fr
Settlement Type:Region
Motto:"Le développement participatif"
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:District
Subdivision Name1:Denguélé
Established Title:Established
Established Date:2011
Seat Type:Regional seat
Seat:Minignan
Government Footnotes:[1]
Leader Title:Prefect
Leader Name:Abdou Karim Barro Baladji
Leader Title1:Council President
Leader Name1:Sindou Cissé
Unit Pref:Metric
Area Footnotes:[2]
Area Total Km2:7239
Population Footnotes:[3]
Population Total:146,209
Population As Of:2021 census
Population Density Km2:auto
Timezone1:GMT
Utc Offset1:+0

Folon Region is one of the 31 regions of Ivory Coast. Since its establishment in 2011, it has been one of two regions in Denguélé District. The seat of the region is Minignan and the region's population in the 2021 census was 146,209, making it the least-populous region of the country.

Folon is currently divided into two departments: Kaniasso and Minignan.

Natural geography

The majority of the geography of Folon is savannah, but there are forests along the rivers.[4] The forests are threatened by illegal logging and bushfires.[4] The wild fauna of the region includes baboons, warthogs, boars, partridges, francolins, antelopes, waterbucks, bushbucks, rabbits, and boas.[4]

Notes

10°N -57°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=9 "Folon"
  3. https://www.citypopulation.de/en/ivorycoast/admin/ Citypopulation.de
  4. http://www.dgddl.interieur.gouv.ci/.../FOLON.doc "Folon"