Guémon Region | |
Native Name: | Région du Guémon |
Native Name Lang: | fr |
Other Name: | Yémahin Region Région du Yémahin |
Settlement Type: | Region |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | District |
Subdivision Name1: | Montagnes |
Established Title: | Established |
Established Date: | 2011 |
Seat Type: | Regional seat |
Seat: | Duékoué |
Government Footnotes: | [1] [2] |
Leader Title: | Prefect |
Leader Name: | Sory Sangaré |
Leader Title1: | Council President |
Leader Name1: | Evariste Tié Méambly |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Area Total Km2: | 7180 |
Population Footnotes: | [3] |
Population Total: | 930893 |
Population As Of: | 2021 census |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Timezone1: | GMT |
Utc Offset1: | +0 |
Guémon Region (also known as Yémahin Region) is one of the 31 regions of Ivory Coast. Since its establishment in 2011, it has been one of three regions in Montagnes District. The seat of the region is Duékoué and the region's population in the 2021 census was 930,893.
Guémon is currently divided into four departments: Bangolo, Duékoué, Facobly, and Kouibly.
In the 2011 decree that created the region, Guémon was referred to alternatively as the region of "Yémahin".[4] Since its creation, the region has more commonly been referred to as "Guémon".