Guéyo Department

Guéyo Department Département de Guéyo
Department
Location in Ivory Coast. Guéyo Department has retained the same boundaries since its creation in 2008.
Country	Ivory Coast
District	Bas-Sassandra
Region	Nawa
2008	Established as a second-level subdivision via division of Sassandra Dept
2011	Converted to a third-level subdivision
Departmental seat	Guéyo
Government[1]
• Prefect	Kouamé Réné Famy
Area[2]
• Total	669 km^2 (258 sq mi)
Population (2014)[3]
• Total	83,680
• Density	130/km^2 (320/sq mi)
Time zone	GMT (UTC+0)

Guéyo Department is a department of Nawa Region in Bas-Sassandra District, Ivory Coast. In 2014, its population was 83,680 and its seat is the settlement of Guéyo. The sub-prefectures of the department are Dabouyo and Guéyo.

History

Guéyo Department was created in 2008 as a second-level subdivision via a split-off from Sassandra Department.^[4] At its creation, it was part of Bas-Sassandra Region.

In 2011, districts were introduced as new first-level subdivisions of Ivory Coast. At the same time, regions were reorganised and became second-level subdivisions and all departments were converted into third-level subdivisions. At this time, Guéyo Department became part of Nawa Region in Bas-Sassandra District.

Notes

1. "Préfets de Région et de Préfets de Département (Conseil des ministres du mercredi 26 septembre 2012)", abidjan.net, 2 October 2012.
2. "Aspect Géografique", mairiegueyo.ci, accessed 26 February 2016.
3. "Côte d'Ivoire". geohive.com. Retrieved 6 December 2015.
4. Décret n° 2008-96 du 5 mars 2008 portant création des départements de Bettié, Botro, Guéyo, Koro, Kouto, Ouangolodougou, Sinématiali, Tiapoum, Yakassé-Attobrou et Zoukougbeu.

Coordinates: 5°41′N 6°4′W / 5.683°N 6.067°W