Guessiguié
Guessiguié is located in Ivory Coast
Guessiguié
Guessiguié
Location in Ivory Coast
Coordinates: 5°44′N 4°14′W / 5.733°N 4.233°W / 5.733; -4.233
Country Ivory Coast
DistrictLagunes
RegionAgnéby-Tiassa
DepartmentAgboville
Population
 (2014)[1]
  Total21,911
Time zoneUTC+0 (GMT)

Guessiguié is a town in south-eastern Ivory Coast. It is a sub-prefecture of Agboville Department in Agnéby-Tiassa Region, Lagunes District. The town is divided into two halves, Guessiguié I and Guessiguié II. The town is 15 kilometres north of the border of Abidjan Autonomous District.

Guessiguié was a commune until March 2012, when it became one of 1126 communes nationwide that were abolished.[2]

In 2014, the population of the sub-prefecture of Guessiguié was 21,911.[3]

Villages

The 12 villages of the sub-prefecture of Guessiguié and their population in 2014 are:[3]

  1. Aké-Béfiat (1 264)
  2. Allahin (460)
  3. Attéhou (1 076)
  4. Dingbè (1 055)
  5. Elévi (1 187)
  6. Guessiguié 1 (2 413)
  7. Guessiguié 2 (2 359)
  8. Kassiguié (1 955)
  9. M'brou (5 700)
  10. Odoguié (1 690)
  11. Ottopé 1 (1 835)
  12. Ottopé 2 (917)

References

  1. "Côte d'Ivoire". geohive.com. Retrieved 9 December 2015.
  2. "Le gouvernement ivoirien supprime 1126 communes, et maintient 197 pour renforcer sa politique de décentralisation en cours", news.abidjan.net, 7 March 2012.
  3. 1 2 "RGPH 2014, Répertoire des localités, Région Agnéby-Tiassa" (PDF). ins.ci. Retrieved 5 August 2019.
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