Marahoué Region is one of the 31
regions of Ivory Coast
The regions of Ivory Coast () are the second-level subdivisions of Ivory Coast. There are 31 regions, and each region is subdivided into two or more departments of Ivory Coast, departments, the third-level division in Ivory Coast. Two to four re ...
and is one of two regions in
Sassandra-Marahoué District. The region's seat is
Bouaflé. The region's area is 8,680 km
2,
[ and its population in the 2021 census was 981,180.]
Departments
Marahoué Region is currently divided into five departments
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* Departmentalization, division of a larger organization into parts with specific responsibility
Government and military
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: Bonon, Bouaflé, Gohitafla, Sinfra, and Zuénoula
Zuénoula is a town in central Ivory Coast. It is a sub-prefecture
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Albania
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History
Marahoué Region was created in 1997 as a first-level administrative region of the country. In 2000, Oumé Department was split off from Marahoué and combined with Gagnoa Department from Haut-Sassandra Region to form Fromager Region.
As part of the 2011 administrative reorganisation of the subdivisions of Ivory Coast
Ivory Coast (Côte d'Ivoire) is a relatively Decentralization, decentralised state. The country divided into 14 Districts of Ivory Coast, districts, of which two are cities organised as autonomous districts. The other 12 districts are subdivided in ...
, Marahoué was converted into a second-level administrative region and became part of the new first-level Sassandra-Marahoué District.[Décret n° 2011-263 du 28 septembre 2011 portant organisation du territoire national en Districts et en Régions.] No territorial changes were made to the region as a result of the reorganisation.
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Regions of Sassandra-Marahoué District
1997 establishments in Ivory Coast
States and territories established in 1997