Moronou Region

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Moronou Region
Région du Moronou
Region
Moronou Region (Ivory Coast) logo.jpeg
Seal
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Location of Moronou Region (green) in Ivory Coast and in Lacs District
Country Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg  Ivory Coast
District Lacs
2012Established via division of N'Zi Region [1] [2]
Regional seat Bongouanou
Government
[3]
 • PrefectNemlin Houande Henriette Epse Diahi Néssero
 • Council President Pascal Affi N'Guessan
Area
[4]
 • Total5,580 km2 (2,150 sq mi)
Population
 (2021 census) [5]
 • Total439,755
 • Density79/km2 (200/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+0 (GMT)

Moronou Region is one of the 31 regions of Ivory Coast. Since its creation in 2012, it has been one of four regions in Lacs District. The seat of the region is Bongouanou and the region's population in the 2021 census was 439,755.

Contents

Moronou is currently divided into three departments: Arrah, Bongouanou, and M'Batto.

Moronou is the most recently created region of Ivory Coast. It was formed in 2012 [1] [2] after the other 30 regions had been organised in 2011. Moronou was created by splitting off three departments from N'Zi Region. [1] [2]

History

The Kingdom of Moronou was founded by the Anyi people in the 18th century. [6]

Regional Council of Moronou

Election Results

2013 Ivory Coast Regional Elections: Moronou [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Independent Véronique Aka 20,45946.18
PDCI–RDA Ahoua N'Doli 13,97331.54
Independent Assoumou Mea 6,34914.33
Independent Akpoue Brou Jean 3,5187.94
2018 Ivory Coast Regional Elections: Moronou [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%
FPI Pascal Affi N'Guessan 26,02743.15
PDCI–RDA Véronique Aka 25,70342.61
Independent Siméon Ané Boni 7,60112.60

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 "Conseil des Ministres du mercredi 04 Juillet 2012 : De nouvelles entités administratives créées", abidjan.net, 5 July 2012.
  2. 1 2 3 Décret n° 2012-612 du 04 juillet 2012 portant création de la Région du Moronou Archived 2016-03-02 at the Wayback Machine .
  3. ↑ "Préfets de Région et de Préfets de Département (Conseil des ministres du mercredi 26 septembre 2012)", abidjan.net, 2 October 2012.
  4. ↑ "Moronou", gouv.ci, accessed 23 February 2016.
  5. ↑ Citypopulation.de
  6. ↑ Abu Boahen, Albert (1992). "The states and cultures of the Lower Guinea coast". General History of Africa: Volume 5 (PDF). UNESCO Publishing. p. 212.
  7. ↑ COMMISSION ELECTORALE INDEPENDANTE (21 April 2013). "ELECTION DES CONSEILLERS REGIONAUX" (PDF) (in French). Moronou. p. 2. Retrieved 13 February 2019.
  8. ↑ "Elections Municipales et Régionales 2018 en Côte d'ivoire". Abidjan (in French). Moronou. Retrieved 13 February 2019.

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