Gôh-Djiboua District Explained

Gôh-Djiboua District
Native Name:	District du Gôh-Djiboua
Native Name Lang:	fr
Settlement Type:	District
Subdivision Type:	Country
Seat Type:	Capital
Seat:	Gagnoa
Established Title:	Established
Established Date:	2011
Area Total Km2:	15700
Population As Of:	2021
Population Total:	2088440
Population Footnotes:	^[1]
Population Density Km2:	auto
Blank Name Sec1:	HDI (2022)
Blank Info Sec1:	0.551^[2] · 6th of 14
Iso Code:	CI-GD

Gôh-Djiboua District (fr|District du Gôh-Djiboua) is one of fourteen administrative districts of Ivory Coast. The district is located in the southwest corner of the country. The capital of the district is Gagnoa.

Creation

Gôh-Djiboua District was created in a 2011 administrative reorganisation of the subdivisions of Ivory Coast.^[3] The territory of the district was composed by merging the former regions of Sud-Bandama (except the department of Fresco) and Fromager.^[4]

Administrative divisions

Gôh-Djiboua District is currently subdivided into two regions and the following departments:

• Gôh Region (formerly Fromager Region) (region seat also in Gagnoa)
  • Gagnoa Department
  • Oumé Department
• Lôh-Djiboua Region (formerly Sud-Bandama Region) (region seat in Divo)
  • Divo Department
  • Lakota Department
  • Guitry Department

Population

According to the 2021 census, Gôh-Djiboua District has a population of 2,088,440.^[1]

References

6.1333°N -61°W

Notes and References

1. https://www.citypopulation.de/en/ivorycoast/cities/ Citypopulation.de
2. Web site: Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab. hdi.globaldatalab.org. en. 2024-09-24.
3. Décret n° 2011-263 du 28 septembre 2011 portant organisation du territoire national en Districts et en Régions.
4. Web site: Districts of Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast). Statoids.com. 24 June 2015.