Marahoué Explained

Marahoué Region
Native Name:Région de la Marahoué
Native Name Lang:fr
Settlement Type:Region
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:District
Subdivision Name1:Sassandra-Marahoué
Established Date:Established as a first-level subdivision
Established Title:1997
Established Date1:Divided to create Fromager Region
Established Title1:2000
Established Date2:Converted to a second-level subdivision
Established Title2:2011
Seat Type:Regional seat
Seat:Bouaflé
Government Footnotes:[1]
Leader Title:Prefect
Leader Name:Kouamé Adrien Gbamélé
Leader Title1:Council President
Leader Name1:Richmond Abi Koffi
Unit Pref:Metric
Area Footnotes:[2]
Area Total Km2:8680
Population Footnotes:[3]
Population Total:981180
Population As Of:2021 census
Population Density Km2:auto
Timezone1:GMT
Utc Offset1:+0

Marahoué Region is one of the 31 regions of Ivory Coast and is one of two regions in Sassandra-Marahoué District. The region's seat is Bouaflé. The region's area is 8,680 km2,[2] [4] and its population in the 2021 census was 981,180.[3]

Departments

Marahoué Region is currently divided into five departments: Bonon, Bouaflé, Gohitafla, Sinfra, and Zuénoula.

History

Marahoué Region was created in 1997 as a first-level administrative region of the country. In 2000, Oumé Department was split off from Marahoué and combined with Gagnoa Department from Haut-Sassandra Region to form Fromager Region.

As part of the 2011 administrative reorganisation of the subdivisions of Ivory Coast, Marahoué was converted into a second-level administrative region and became part of the new first-level Sassandra-Marahoué District.[5] No territorial changes were made to the region as a result of the reorganisation.

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.ardci-rd.org/index.php/vie-des-regions/marahoue "Découverte de la Marahoué"
  3. https://www.citypopulation.de/en/ivorycoast/admin/ Citypopulation.de
  4. Since 2000. From 1997 to 2000, the area was greater.
  5. Décret n° 2011-263 du 28 septembre 2011 portant organisation du territoire national en Districts et en Régions.