Guiglo

Guiglo
Town
Guiglo Location in Côte d'Ivoire
Coordinates: 6°33′N 7°29′W / 6.550°N 7.483°W / 6.550; -7.483Coordinates: 6°33′N 7°29′W / 6.550°N 7.483°W / 6.550; -7.483[1]
Country	Côte d'Ivoire
Region	Moyen-Cavally
Department	Guiglo Department
Time zone	GMT (UTC+0)

Guiglo is a town in Guiglo Department of Moyen-Cavally Region in western Côte d'Ivoire. Guiglo Town is located on the Nzo River, a tributary of the Sassandra River. It is the capital of Moyen-Cavally Region.

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, or entrepot, for coffee and timber to be taken to coastal ports for export. Guiglo is 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.

The town is served by Guiglo Airport.

See also

• Ivorian Civil War
• UN
• Peacekeeping

References

Communes and towns of the Moyen-Cavally Region Capital: Guiglo Bloléquin Department Bloléquin Diboké Doké Tinhou Zéaglo Duékoué Department Duékoué Bagohouo Diahouin Dibobly Diourouzon Gbapleu Guéhiébly Guézon Guiglo Department Guiglo Bédy-Goazon Kaadé Kéibly Nizahon Pauléoula Petit Guiglo Sakré Taï Zagné Zro Toulépleu Department Toulépleu Bakoubli Bohobli Méo Nézobly Péhé Tiobly