Guiglo

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Guiglo is one of the fifty-eight departments of Côte d'Ivoire, located in the western part of the country. It is also the chief town of that department, located along the Nzo River, a tributary of the Sassandra River.

Guiglo is a market centre of the Guere, Yacouba and Mossi people, with trade in rice, livestock, and cassava predominating, and is also a collecting depot for coffee and timber to be taken to coastal ports for export. Guiglo is also the site of both a research station and a sawmill.

In 2005, a UN base was invaded by 1,000 protesters and took control but were forced back by armed UN peacekeepers and left 100 protesters and one UN peacekeeper dead, including 1 wounded during UNOCI.

[edit] See Also

• Ivorian Civil War
• UN
• Peacekeeping

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Departments of Côte d'Ivoire

Abengourou • Abidjan • Aboisso • Adiaké • Adzopé • Agboville • Agnibilékrou • Alépé • Bocanda • Bangolo • Béoumi • Biankouma • Bondoukou • Bongouanou • Bouaflé • Bouaké • Bouna • Boundiali • Dabakala • Dabou • Daloa • Danané • Daoukro • Dimbokro • Divo • Duékoué • Ferkessédougou • Gagnoa • Grand-Bassam • Grand-Lahou • Guiglo • Issia • Jacqueville • Katiola • Korhogo • Lakota • Man • Mankono • Mbahiakro • Odienné • Oumé • Sakassou • San Pédro • Sassandra • Séguéla • Sinfra • Soubré • Tabou • Tanda • Tiébissou • Tingréla • Tiassalé • Touba • Toulépleu • Toumodi • Vavoua • Yamoussoukro • Zuénoula