Gbôklé

Gbôklé Region Région du Gbôklé
Region
Motto: "Gbôklé, la plus belle Région de la Côte d’Ivoire"
Location of Gbôklé Region (green) in Ivory Coast and in Bas-Sassandra District
Country	Ivory Coast
District	Bas-Sassandra
Established	2011
Regional seat	Sassandra
Government^[1]
• Prefect	Ernest Boni Koffi
• Council President	Dakpa Philippe Legre
Area^[2]
• Total	7,225 km² (2,790 sq mi)
Population (2014)^[3]
• Total	400,798
• Density	55/km² (140/sq mi)
Time zone	GMT (UTC+0)

Gbôklé Region is one of the 31 regions of Ivory Coast. Since its establishment in 2011, it has been one of three regions in Bas-Sassandra District. The seat of the region is Sassandra and the region's population in the 2014 census was 400,798.

Gbôklé is currently divided into two departments: Fresco and Sassandra.

Notes

↑ "Préfets de Région et de Préfets de Département (Conseil des ministres du mercredi 26 septembre 2012)", abidjan.net, 2 October 2012.
↑ "Gbôklé", gouv.ci, accessed 23 February 2016.
↑ "Côte d'Ivoire". geohive.com. Retrieved 5 December 2015.

Regions of Ivory Coast

Bas-Sassandra District	Gbôklé Region Nawa Region San-Pédro Region

Comoé District	Indénié-Djuablin Region Sud-Comoé Region

Denguélé District	Folon Region Kabadougou Region

Gôh-Djiboua District	Gôh Region Lôh-Djiboua Region

Lacs District	Bélier Region Iffou Region Moronou Region N'Zi Region

Lagunes District	Agnéby-Tiassa Region Grands-Ponts Region La Mé Region

Montagnes District	Cavally Region Guémon Region Tonkpi Region

Sassandra-Marahoué District	Haut-Sassandra Region Marahoué Region

Savanes District	Bagoué Region Poro Region Tchologo Region

Vallée du Bandama District	Gbêkê Region Hambol Region

Woroba District	Bafing Region Béré Region Worodougou Region

Zanzan District	Bounkani Region Gontougo Region

Departments and sub-prefectures of Gbôklé Region, Bas-Sassandra District

Regional seat: Sassandra

Fresco Department	Dahiri Fresco* Gbagbam

Sassandra Department	Dakpadou Grihiri Lobakuya Médon Sago Sassandra*

* also a commune

Coordinates: 4°57′N 6°5′W / 4.950°N 6.083°W / 4.950; -6.083

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