Béré Region

Béré Region Région du Béré Koyadougou Region Région du Koyadougou
Region
Location of Béré Region (green) in Ivory Coast and in Woroba District
Country	Ivory Coast
District	Woroba
Established	2011
Regional seat	Mankono
Government [1]
• Prefect	Dago Rémi Adjé
• Council President	Karamoko Abdel Kader
Area [2]
• Total	10,900 km2 (4,200 sq mi)
Population  (2021 census) [3]
• Total	492,151
• Density	45/km2 (120/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+0 (GMT)

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 the 2021 census was 492,151.

Béré is currently divided into three departments: Dianra, Kounahiri, and Mankono.

Name

In the 2011 decree that created the region, Béré was referred to exclusively as the region of "Koyadougou". ^[4] Since its creation, the region has more commonly been referred to as "Béré".

Notes

1. "Préfets de Région et de Préfets de Département (Conseil des ministres du mercredi 26 septembre 2012)", abidjan.net, 2 October 2012.
2. "Béré", gouv.ci, accessed 23 February 2016.
3. Citypopulation.de Population of the regions and departments of Ivory Coast
4. Décret n° 2011-263 du 28 septembre 2011 portant organisation du territoire national en Districts et en Régions ^[usurped] .

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