Lôh-Djiboua Region is one of the 31

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. Since its creation in 2011, it has been one of two regions in

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 ...

. The regional seat is Divo and the region's area is 10,650 km². At the 2021 census, the region had a population of 1,103,158.

History

Lôh-Djiboua Region was created as part of the 2011 reorganisation of the

subdivisions of Ivory Coast Ivory Coast (Côte d'Ivoire) is a relatively decentralised state. The country divided into 14 districts, of which two are cities organised as autonomous districts. The 12 non-autonomous districts are subdivided into 31 second-level regions. The auto ...

. Prior to this, the territory that is now Lôh-Djiboua constituted the majority of the first-level division

Sud-Bandama Region Sud-Bandama Region is a defunct region of Ivory Coast. From 1997 to 2011, it was a first-level subdivision region. The region's capital was Divo and its area was 10,677 km². Since 2011, the area formerly encompassed by the region is divided ...

, which also included what is now

Fresco Department Fresco Department is a Departments of Ivory Coast, department of Gbôklé Region in Bas-Sassandra District, Ivory Coast. In 2021, its population was 107,752 and its seat is the settlement of Fresco, Ivory Coast, Fresco. The sub-prefectures of Ivory ...

. At the reorganisation, the territory of Fresco Department was transferred to Bas-Sassandra District and the remainder of Sud-Bandama became the second-level division Lôh-Djiboua. Lôh-Djiboua was combined with

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 ...

to form the new first-level division

Departments

Lôh-Djiboua is currently divided into three departments: Divo, Guitry, and

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Notes

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