"Moronou" redirects here. For the village in Bélier Region, see Moronou, Bélier.
Region in Lacs, Ivory Coast
Moronou Region
Région du Moronou
Region
Seal
Location of Moronou Region (green) in Ivory Coast and in Lacs District
Country
Ivory Coast
District
Lacs
2012
Established via division of N'Zi Region[1][2]
Regional seat
Bongouanou
Government
[3]
• Prefect
Nemlin Houande Henriette Epse Diahi Néssero
• Council President
Pascal Affi N'Guessan
Area
[4]
• Total
5,580 km2 (2,150 sq mi)
Population
(2021 census)[5]
• Total
439,755
• Density
79/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.
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]
^ abc"Conseil des Ministres du mercredi 04 Juillet 2012 : De nouvelles entités administratives créées", abidjan.net, 5 July 2012.
^ abcDécret n° 2012-612 du 04 juillet 2012 portant création de la Région du Moronou Archived 2016-03-02 at the Wayback Machine.
^"Préfets de Région et de Préfets de Département (Conseil des ministres du mercredi 26 septembre 2012)", abidjan.net, 2 October 2012.
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