Gagnoa is a city in south-central

Ivory Coast Ivory Coast, also known as Côte d'Ivoire, officially the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire, is a country on the southern coast of West Africa. Its capital is Yamoussoukro, in the centre of the country, while its largest city and economic centre is ...

. It is the seat of both

Gôh-Djiboua District Gôh-Djiboua District (french: 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 Dist ...

and

Gôh Region Gôh Region is one of the 31 regions of Ivory Coast. Since its establishment in 2011, it has been one of two regions in Gôh-Djiboua District. The region's seat is Gagnoa and its area is 7327 km². At the 2021 census, the region had a popula ...

. It is also the seat of and a

sub-prefecture A subprefecture is an administrative division of a country that is below prefecture or province. Albania There are twelve Albanian counties or prefectures, each of which is divided into several districts, sometimes translated as subprefecture ...

Gagnoa Department Gagnoa Department is a department of Gôh Region in Gôh-Djiboua District, Ivory Coast. In 2021, its population was 724,496 and its seat is the settlement of Gagnoa. The sub-prefectures of the department are Bayota, Dahiépa-Kéhi, Dignago, ...

. Gagnoa is also a

commune A commune is an alternative term for an intentional community. Commune or comună or comune or other derivations may also refer to: Administrative-territorial entities * Commune (administrative division), a municipality or township ** Communes of ...

. In the 2014 census, the city had a population of 160,465, making it the seventh-largest city in the country. Gagnoa is the seat of the

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Gagnoa The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Gagnoa ( la, Gagnoaën(sis)) is the Metropolitan See for the Ecclesiastical province of Gagnoa in Côte d'Ivoire. History * 1956.06.25: Established as Diocese of Gagnoa from the Diocese of Daloa * 1994.12.19: Pr ...

, and contains its cathedral.

Notable people

French rapper

Vegedream Satchela Evrard Djedje (born 25 August 1992 in Orléans, France), better known by the artistic name Vegedream, is a French hip hop, R&B and urban pop singer (male) songwriter of Ivorian origin. He is signed to Universal Music France and is best ...

's father as well as fellow performer and uncle Ziké are from Gagnoa, and Vegedream, famously the artist in the song

Ramenez la coupe à la maison "Ramenez la coupe à la maison" ("Bring the Cup Back Home") is a song by French musician Vegedream. It was released on 19 July 2018, a few days after the France national football team won at the 2018 FIFA World Cup The 2018 FIFA World Cup wa ...

, says the French phrase ''Et ça c'est Vegedream de Gagnoa'', meaning "And that is Vegedream of Gagnoa", in each song. He got that phrase when he visited Gagnoa as a child. He is therefore also named Vegedream de Gagnoa.

Climate

Gagnoa has a

tropical savanna climate Tropical savanna climate or tropical wet and dry climate is a tropical climate sub-type that corresponds to the Köppen climate classification categories ''Aw'' (for a dry winter) and ''As'' (for a dry summer). The driest month has less than of p ...

(

Köppen Köppen is a German surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Bernd Köppen (born 1951), German pianist and composer * Carl Köppen (1833-1907), German military advisor in Meiji era Japan * Edlef Köppen (1893–1939), German author and ...

''Aw'') with a lengthy although not particularly intense

wet season The wet season (sometimes called the Rainy season) is the time of year when most of a region's average annual rainfall occurs. It is the time of year where the majority of a country's or region's annual precipitation occurs. Generally, the sea ...

from February/March to November, and a short

dry season The dry season is a yearly period of low rainfall, especially in the tropics. The weather in the tropics is dominated by the tropical rain belt, which moves from the northern to the southern tropics and back over the course of the year. The te ...

centred upon December and January.

References

Sub-prefectures of Gôh District capitals of Ivory Coast Communes of Gôh Regional capitals of Ivory Coast {{Gôh-Djiboua-geo-stub