Moronou Region | |
Native Name: | Région du Moronou |
Native Name Lang: | fr |
Settlement Type: | Region |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | District |
Subdivision Name1: | Lacs |
Established Date: | Established via division of N'Zi Region |
Established Title: | 2012 |
Seat Type: | Regional seat |
Seat: | Bongouanou |
Government Footnotes: | [1] |
Leader Title: | Prefect |
Leader Name: | Nemlin Houande Henriette Epse Diahi Néssero |
Leader Title1: | Council President |
Leader Name1: | Pascal Affi N'Guessan |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Area Footnotes: | [2] |
Area Total Km2: | 5580 |
Population Footnotes: | [3] |
Population Total: | 439,755 |
Population As Of: | 2021 census |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Timezone1: | GMT |
Utc Offset1: | +0 |
Moronou Region is one of the 31 regions of Ivory Coast. Since its creation in 2012, it has been one of four regions in Lacs District. The seat of the region is Bongouanou and the region's population in the 2021 census was 439,755.
Moronou is currently divided into three departments: Arrah, Bongouanou, and M'Batto.
Moronou is the most recently created region of Ivory Coast. It was formed in 2012[4] [5] after the other 30 regions had been organised in 2011. Moronou was created by splitting off three departments from N'Zi Region.[4] [5]
The Kingdom of Moronou was founded by the Anyi people in the 18th century.[6]