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.
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]