Guessabo
Town and sub-prefecture
Guessabo is located in Ivory Coast
Guessabo
Guessabo
Location in Ivory Coast
Coordinates: 6°44′N 6°57′W / 6.733°N 6.950°W / 6.733; -6.950
Country Ivory Coast
DistrictSassandra-Marahoué
RegionHaut-Sassandra
DepartmentZoukougbeu
Population
 (2014)[1]
 • Total36,302
Time zoneUTC+0 (GMT)

Guessabo is a town in west-central Ivory Coast. It is a sub-prefecture of Zoukougbeu Department in Haut-Sassandra Region, Sassandra-Marahoué District. It is three kilometres east of the border of Montagnes District.

Guessabo 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 Guessabo was 36,302.[3]

Villages

The 11 villages of the sub-prefecture of Guessabo and their population in 2014 are:[3]

  1. Bassaraguhe (2 378)
  2. Débo 1 (1 437)
  3. Débo 2 (1 662)
  4. Detroya (2 224)
  5. Diléya (2 751)
  6. Gorodi (3 537)
  7. Guessabo (13 843)
  8. Guétuzon 1 (2 897)
  9. Guétuzon 2 (482)
  10. Ouatigbeu (3 250)
  11. Zitta (1 841)

Notes

  1. ↑ "Côte d'Ivoire". geohive.com. Retrieved 11 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 Haut-Sassandra" (PDF). ins.ci. Retrieved 5 August 2019.
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