Gbôklé Explained

Gbôklé Region
Native Name:Région du Gbôklé
Native Name Lang:fr
Settlement Type:Region
Motto:"Gbôklé, la plus belle Région de la Côte d’Ivoire"
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:District
Subdivision Name1:Bas-Sassandra
Established Title:Established
Established Date:2011
Seat Type:Regional seat
Seat:Sassandra
Government Footnotes:[1]
Leader Title:Prefect
Leader Name:Ernest Boni Koffi
Leader Title1:Council President
Leader Name1:Dakpa Philippe Legre
Unit Pref:Metric
Area Footnotes:[2]
Area Total Km2:6200
Population Footnotes:[3]
Population Total:460980
Population As Of:2021 census
Population Density Km2:auto
Timezone1:GMT
Utc Offset1:+0

Gbôklé Region is one of the 31 regions of Ivory Coast. Since its establishment in 2011, it has been one of three regions in Bas-Sassandra District. The seat of the region is Sassandra and the region's population in the 2021 census was 460,980.

Gbôklé is currently divided into two departments: Fresco and Sassandra.

Notes

4.95°N -11°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=11 "Gbôklé"
  3. https://www.citypopulation.de/en/ivorycoast/admin/ Citypopulation.de