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