Gagnoa is a city in south-central

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

. It is the seat of both

Gôh-Djiboua District Gôh-Djiboua District () 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 District was created in a 2011 admin ...

and Gôh Region. It is also the seat of and a

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of Gagnoa Department. Gagnoa is also a commune. 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 () is the Metropolitan bishop, Metropolitan Episcopal See, 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 ...

, and contains its cathedral.

Villages

The 37 villages of the sub-prefecture of Gagnoa and their population in 2014 are:

Climate

Gagnoa has a

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(

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

wet season The wet season (sometimes called the rainy season or monsoon season) is the time of year when most of a region's average annual rainfall occurs. Generally, the season lasts at least one month. The term ''green season'' is also sometimes used a ...

from February/March to November, and a short

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centred upon December and January.

Notable people

French rapper Vegedream'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, 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.

References

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