Guiglo is a city in western

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 a

sub-prefecture A subprefecture is an administrative division of a country that is below prefecture or province. Albania There are twelve Albanian counties or prefectures, each of which is divided into several districts, sometimes translated as subprefectures. ...

of and the seat of Guiglo Department. It is also a commune and the seat of

Cavally Region Cavally Region is one of the 31 regions of Ivory Coast. From its establishment in 2011, to 2014 it was in Montagnes District. The seat of the region is Guiglo and the region's population in the 2021 census was 708,241. Cavally is currently divid ...

Montagnes District Montagnes District ( , "Mountains") is one of fourteen administrative districts of Ivory Coast. The district is located in the western part of the country, bordering Liberia and Guinea to the west, Woroba District to the north, Sassandra-Marahou ...

. Guiglo is located on the Nzo River, a tributary of the

Sassandra River The Sassandra River is a river of western Ivory Coast in West Africa. It is formed by the confluence of the Tienba River, which originates in the highlands of north-western Ivory Coast, and the Gouan River (also known as the Bafing Sud River), ...

. In the 2014 census, the city had a population of 52,544. Guiglo is a market centre of the Guere, Yacouba and

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, with trade in

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, and

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predominating. The city is also a collecting depot, or entrepot, for

coffee Coffee is a beverage brewed from roasted, ground coffee beans. Darkly colored, bitter, and slightly acidic, coffee has a stimulating effect on humans, primarily due to its caffeine content, but decaffeinated coffee is also commercially a ...

and

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that is taken to coastal ports for export. Guiglo is the site of both a research station and a

sawmill A sawmill (saw mill, saw-mill) or lumber mill is a facility where logging, logs are cut into lumber. Modern sawmills use a motorized saw to cut logs lengthwise to make long pieces, and crosswise to length depending on standard or custom sizes ...

. In 2005, a

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base was invaded by 1,000 protesters. The protestors took control but were forced back by armed UN peacekeepers. The clash left 100 protesters and one UN peacekeeper dead. The city is served by Guiglo Airport. In 2021, the population of the sub-prefecture of Guiglo was 171,454.

Villages

The 18 villages of the sub-prefecture of Guiglo and their population in 2014 are:

References

Sub-prefectures of Cavally Region Communes of Cavally Region Regional capitals of Ivory Coast {{Montagnes-geo-stub