Guessabo

Guessabo
Town and sub-prefecture
Guessabo Location in Ivory Coast
Coordinates: 6°44′N 6°57′W
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]

In 2014, the population of the sub-prefecture of Guessabo was 36,302.[3]

Villages

The 11 villages of the sub-prefecture of Guessabo and their population in 2014 are:[3]

1. Bassaraguhe (2 378)
2. Débo 1 (1 437)
3. Débo 2 (1 662)
4. Detroya (2 224)
5. Diléya (2 751)
6. Gorodi (3 537)
7. Guessabo (13 843)
8. Guétuzon 1 (2 897)
9. Guétuzon 2 (482)
10. Ouatigbeu (3 250)
11. Zitta (1 841)

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.
3. "RGPH 2014, Répertoire des localités, Région Haut-Sassandra" (PDF). ins.ci. Retrieved 5 August 2019.