Guessabo

Guessabo
Town and sub-prefecture
Guessabo
Location in Ivory Coast
Coordinates: 6°44′N 6°57′W / 6.733°N 6.950°W / 6.733; -6.950Coordinates: 6°44′N 6°57′W / 6.733°N 6.950°W / 6.733; -6.950
Country  Ivory Coast
District Sassandra-Marahoué
Region Haut-Sassandra
Department Zoukougbeu
Population (2014)[1]
  Total 36,302
Time zone UTC+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]

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.


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