Moronou Region

"Moronou" redirects here. For the village in Bélier Region, see Moronou, Bélier.

Moronou Region Région du Moronou
Region
Location of Moronou Region (green) in Ivory Coast and in Lacs District
Country	Ivory Coast
District	Lacs
Created by dividing N'Zi Region^[1]	2012
Regional seat	Bongouanou
Population (2014)
• Total	352,616^[2]
Time zone	GMT (UTC+0)

Moronou Region is one of the 31 regions of Ivory Coast. It is one of four regions in Lacs District. The seat of the region is Bongouanou and the region's population in the 2014 census was 352,616.

Moronou is 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] after the other 30 regions had been formed in 2011. Moronou was created by splitting off three departments from N'Zi Region.

Notes

1 2 Décret n° 2012-612 du 04 juillet 2012 portant création de la Région du Moronou.
↑ "Côte d'Ivoire". geohive.com. Retrieved 5 December 2015.

Regions of Ivory Coast

Bas-Sassandra District	Gbôklé Region Nawa Region San-Pédro Region

Comoé District	Indénié-Djuablin Region Sud-Comoé Region

Denguélé District	Folon Region Kabadougou Region

Gôh-Djiboua District	Gôh Region Lôh-Djiboua Region

Lacs District	Bélier Region Iffou Region Moronou Region N'Zi Region

Lagunes District	Agnéby-Tiassa Region Grands-Ponts Region La Mé Region

Montagnes District	Cavally Region Guémon Region Tonkpi Region

Sassandra-Marahoué District	Haut-Sassandra Region Marahoué Region

Savanes District	Bagoué Region Poro Region Tchologo Region

Vallée du Bandama District	Gbêkê Region Hambol Region

Woroba District	Bafing Region Béré Region Worodougou Region

Zanzan District	Bounkani Region Gontougo Region

Departments and sub-prefectures of Moronou Region, Lacs District

Regional seat: Bongouanou

Arrah Department	Arrah* Kotobi Krégbé

Bongouanou Department	Andé Assié-Koumassi Bongouanou* N'Guessankro

M'Batto Department	Anoumaba* Assahara M'Batto* Tiémélékro*

* also a commune

Coordinates: 6°39′N 4°12′W / 6.650°N 4.200°W / 6.650; -4.200

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