Moronou Region is one of the 31

regions In geography, regions, otherwise referred to as areas, zones, lands or territories, are portions of the Earth's surface that are broadly divided by physical characteristics (physical geography), human impact characteristics (human geography), and ...

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 ...

. Since its creation in 2012, it has been one of four regions in

Lacs District Lacs District (; , "Lakes") 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 Dimbokro. Creation Lacs District was created in a 2011 administr ...

. The seat of the region is

Bongouanou Bongouanou is the town in east-central Ivory Coast. It is a sub-prefecture of and the seat of Bongouanou Department. It is also the seat of Moronou Region in Lacs District Lacs District (; , "Lakes") is one of fourteen administrative districts ...

and the region's population in the 2021 census was 439,755. Moronou is currently divided into three

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, ...

Arrah Arrah (also transliterated as Ara) is a city and a municipal corporation in Bhojpur district, India, Bhojpur district (formerly known as Shahabad district) in the Indian state of Bihar. It is the headquarters of Bhojpur district, India, Bhojpur ...

, and M'Batto. Moronou is the most recently created region of Ivory Coast. It was formed in 2012"Conseil des Ministres du mercredi 04 Juillet 2012 : De nouvelles entités administratives créées"
abidjan.net, 5 July 2012.Décret n° 2012-612 du 04 juillet 2012 portant création de la Région du Moronou
. after the other 30 regions had been organised in 2011. Moronou was created by splitting off three departments from

N'Zi Region N'Zi Region is one of the 31 Regions of Ivory Coast, regions of Ivory Coast. Since its establishment in 2011, it has been one of the regions in Lacs District. The seat of the region is Dimbokro and the region's population in the 2021 census was 254, ...

History

The Kingdom of Moronou was founded by the

Anyi people The Anyi people (also spelled Agni and historically known as the Aowin) are a branch of the Akan people inhabiting southeastern Côte d'Ivoire and southwestern Ghana. They trace their origins to the ancient Akan state of Bonoman, and historica ...

in the 18th century.

Regional Council of Moronou

Election Results

Notes

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