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 Sassandra-Marahoué District (, ) is one of fourteen administrative districts of Ivory Coast. The district is located in the central part of the country. The capital of the district is Daloa. Creation Sassandra-Marahoué District was created in a ...

. The region's seat is

Bouaflé Bouaflé is a city in central Ivory Coast. It is a sub-prefecture of and the seat of Bouaflé Department. It is also the seat of Marahoué Region in Sassandra-Marahoué District Sassandra-Marahoué District (, ) is one of fourteen administrati ...

. The region's area is 8,680 km², and its population in the 2021 census was 981,180.

Departments

Marahoué Region is currently divided into five

departments Department may refer to: * Departmentalization, division of a larger organization into parts with specific responsibility Government and military * Department (administrative division), a geographical and administrative division within a country, ...

: Bonon,

Gohitafla Gohitafla is a town in central Ivory Coast. It is a sub-prefecture and commune of Gohitafla Department in Marahoué Region, Sassandra-Marahoué District Sassandra-Marahoué District (, ) is one of fourteen administrative districts of Ivory Co ...

, Sinfra, and

Zuénoula Zuénoula is a town in central Ivory Coast. 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 di ...

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 Gagnoa Department is a department of Gôh Region in Gôh-Djiboua District, Ivory Coast. In 2021, its population was 724,496 and its seat is the settlement of Gagnoa. The sub-prefectures of the department are Bayota, Dahiépa-Kéhi, Dignago, D ...

from

Haut-Sassandra Region Haut-Sassandra Region is one of the 31 regions of Ivory Coast and is one of two regions in Sassandra-Marahoué District. The region's seat is Daloa. The region's area is 15,190 km², and its population in the 2021 census was 1,739,697, making ...

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.

Notes

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