Korhogo is a city in northern

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

Savanes District Savanes District (french: District des Savanes) is one of fourteen administrative districts of Ivory Coast. The district is located in the northernmost part of the country. The capital of the district is Korhogo. Creation Savanes District was ...

and

Poro Region Poro Region is one of the 31 regions of Ivory Coast. Since its establishment in 2011, it has been one of three regions in Savanes District. The seat of the region is Korhogo and the region's population in the 2021 census was 1,040,461. Poro is cu ...

. It is also a

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and the seat of and a sub-prefecture of

Korhogo Department Korhogo Department is a department of Poro Region in Savanes District, Ivory Coast. In 2021, its population was 748,393 and its seat is the settlement of Korhogo. The sub-prefectures of the department are Dassoungboho, Kanoroba, Karakoro, Ki� ...

. In the 2014 census, the city had a population of 243,048, making it the fourth-largest city in the country and the largest in northern Ivory Coast. Korhogo produces goods such as

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, kapok,

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, yams,

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s and

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s. The settlement was on an important pre-colonial trade route to the

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. It is said to have been founded by Nangui, a 14th-century Senufo patriarch and still is the capital of the

Senufo people The Senufo people, also known as Siena, Senefo, Sene, Senoufo, and Syénambélé, are a West African ethnolinguistic group. They consist of diverse subgroups living in a region spanning the northern Ivory Coast, the southeastern Mali and the wes ...

. Sights in Korhogo include the Péléforo Gbon Coulibaly Regional Museum and the woodcarvers' quarter. Korhogo is also home to an airport, a large market, a cinema, a mosque, and a swimming pool. Korhogo's average annual

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is 1,243 mm, with the rainiest months being May to October. Its average year-round temperature is 26.6 degrees Celsius, with the hottest months being February to April. Korhogo's

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(

Korhogo Airport Korhogo Airport is an airport serving Korhogo, Côte d'Ivoire. It is the country's fifth biggest airport. Airlines and destinations See also *Transport in Côte d'Ivoire * * References OurAirports - KorhogoGreat Circle Mapper - Korhogo* Go ...

) has the

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code HGO and the

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code DIKO. Its one runway is 2,100 metres (6,900 ft) long, and receives domestic flights only. The southwest quarter of the city is dominated by

Mont-Korhogo Mont-Korhogo is a small mountain in northern Ivory Coast. It is located in the southwest quarter of the city of Korhogo, Poro Region, Savanes District. Mont-Korhogo was the name of a commune of Ivory Coast until March 2012, when it became one of ...

Civil War history

On 19 September 2002, Korhogo and

Bouaké Bouaké (or Bwake, N’ko: ߓߐ߰ߞߍ߫ ''Bɔ̀ɔkɛ́'') is the second-largest city in Ivory Coast, with a population of 740,000 (2021 census). It is the seat of three levels of subdivision—Vallée du Bandama District, Gbêkê Region, and Bou ...

were seized by disaffected former

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s, calling themselves "Patriotic Movement of Côte d'Ivoire" (Mouvement Patriotique de Côte d'Ivoire - MPCI), rebelling against the rule of

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Laurent Gbagbo Koudou Laurent Gbagbo
, FPI website . ( coup was allegedly led by

Robert Guéï Robert Guéï (; 16 March 1941 – 19 September 2002) was the military ruler of the Ivory Coast from 24 December 1999 to 26 October 2000. Biography Guéï was born in Kabakouma, a village in the western Man Department, and was a member o ...

, the former military dictator overthrown in a popular uprising in 2000. Despite the formal cessation of hostilities between the government and rebels in 2003, Korhogo remains unstable, with continued fighting between rival factions. In June 2004, forces loyal to rebel leader

Guillaume Soro Guillaume Kigbafori Soro (born 8 May 1972) is an Ivorian politician who was the Prime Minister of Côte d'Ivoire from April 2007 to March 2012. Prior to his service as Prime Minister, Soro led the Patriotic Movement of Côte d'Ivoire, and later ...

claimed that his

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-based rival Ibrahim Coulibaly had attempted to

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Soro, leading to gun battles which left 22 dead in Korhogo. In August 2004, the

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' Ivorian mission announced that three

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s, containing at least 99 bodies, had been discovered in the town. On 29 November 2011, the

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reported that Gbagbo had been under house arrest in Korhogo and was awaiting extradition to

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to face charges at the

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Villages

The 62 villages of the sub-prefecture of Korhogo and their population in 2014 are:

References

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