Woroba District (french: District du Woroba) is one of 14 administrative districts of

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 i ...

. It is in the northeast part of the country. Its capital is

Séguéla Séguéla is a town in western Ivory Coast. It is the seat of both the Woroba District and the Worodougou Region. It is also a commune and the seat of and a sub-prefecture of Séguéla Department Séguéla Department is a department of Worodou ...

Creation

Woroba District was created in a 2011 administrative 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 au ...

.Décret n° 2011-263 du 28 septembre 2011 portant organisation du territoire national en Districts et en Régions. The territory of the district was composed by merging the regions of Bafing and

Worodougou Worodougou Region is one of the 31 regions of Ivory Coast and is currently one of three regions of Woroba District. The region's seat is Séguéla. The region's population in the 2021 census was 429,812. Departments Worodougou is currently divide ...

Administrative divisions

Woroba District is currently subdivided into three

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and the following

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: *

Bafing Region Bafing Region is one of the 31 regions of Ivory Coast and is part of Woroba District. The region's seat is Touba. The region's area is 8,660 km², and its population in the 2021 census was 262,850. Departments and geography Bafing Region is c ...

(region seat in Touba) ** Koro Department **

Touba Department Touba Department is a department of Bafing Region in Woroba District, Ivory Coast. In 2021, its population was 120,524 and its seat is the settlement of Touba. The sub-prefectures of the department are Dioman, Foungbesso, Guintéguéla, and Tou ...

Ouaninou Department Ouaninou Department is a department of Bafing Region in Woroba District, Ivory Coast. In 2021, its population was 65,981 and its seat is the settlement of Ouaninou. The sub-prefectures of the department are Gbelo, Gouékan, Koonan, Ouaninou, ...

Béré Region Béré Region (originally known as Koyadougou Region) is one of the 31 regions of Ivory Coast. Since its establishment in 2011, it has been one of three regions in Woroba District. The seat of the region is Mankono and the region's population in ...

(region seat in Mankono) ** Kounahiri Department ** Mankono Department ** Dianra Department * Worodougou Region (region seat also in

) **

Séguéla Department Séguéla Department is a department of Worodougou Region in Woroba District, Ivory Coast. In 2021, its population was 298,384 and its seat is the settlement of Séguéla. The sub-prefectures of the department are Bobi-Diarabana, Dualla, Kama ...

Kani Department Kani Department is a department of Worodougou Region in Woroba District, Ivory Coast. In 2021, its population was 131,428 and its seat is the settlement of Kani. The sub-prefectures of the department are Djibrosso, Fadiadougou, Kani, and Moron ...

Population

According to the 2021 census, Woroba District has a population of 1,184,813, making it the third least populous district in Ivory Coast, behind

Yamoussoukro Autonomous District Yamoussoukro (; , locally ) is the ''de jure'' capital of Ivory Coast and an autonomous district. As of the 2014 census, Yamoussoukro is the fifth most populous city in Ivory Coast with a population of 212,670. Located north-west of Abidjan, th ...

and Denguélé District.

References

{{Authority control Districts of Ivory Coast States and territories established in 2011