{{Infobox settlement <!-- See Template:Infobox settlement for additional fields and descriptions --> | name =Worodougou Region | native_name = ''Région du Worodougou'' | native_name_lang = fr | settlement_type =[[Regions of Ivory Coast|Region]] | image_skyline = | imagesize = | image_alt = | image_caption = | image_flag = | flag_alt = | image_seal = Worodougou Region (Ivory Coast) logo.png | seal_alt = | image_shield = | shield_alt = | nickname = | motto = | image_map = File:Worodougou region locator map Côte d'Ivoire.jpg | map_alt = | map_caption = Location of Worodougou Region (green) in Ivory Coast and in Woroba District | pushpin_map = | pushpin_label_position = | pushpin_map_alt = | pushpin_map_caption = | coor_pinpoint = | coordinates = | coordinates_footnotes = |subdivision_type = [[Country]] |subdivision_name = {{flag|Ivory Coast}} |subdivision_type1 = [[Districts of Ivory Coast|District]] |subdivision_name1 = [[Woroba District|Woroba]] |subdivision_type2 = |subdivision_name2 = | subdivision_type3 = | subdivision_name3 = | established_date = Established as a first-level subdivision | established_title = 1997 | established_date1 = Divided to create [[Bafing Region]] | established_title1 = 2000 | established_date2 = Converted to a second-level subdivision | established_title2 = 2011 | established_date3 = Divided to create [[Béré Region]] | established_title3 = 2011 | founder = | seat_type =Regional seat | seat =[[Séguéla]] | government_footnotes = <ref>[http://news.abidjan.net/h/442135.html "Préfets de Région et de Préfets de Département (Conseil des ministres du mercredi 26 septembre 2012)"], abidjan.net, 2 October 2012.</ref><ref>[http://worodougou.org/?page_id=7 "Conseil régional"], worodougou.org, accessed 11 March 2016.</ref> | leader_title = Prefect | leader_name = Moussa Bamba | leader_title1 = Council President | leader_name1 = Bouaké Fofana | unit_pref = Metric<!-- or US or UK --> | area_footnotes = | area_total_km2 = 11430 | area_land_km2 = | area_water_km2 = | area_water_percent = | area_note = | elevation_footnotes = | elevation_m = | population_footnotes =<ref name="pop">[https://www.citypopulation.de/en/ivorycoast/admin/ Citypopulation.de] Population of the regions and departments of Ivory Coast</ref> | population_total = 429812 | population_as_of = 2021 census | population_density_km2 = auto | population_demonym = | population_note = | timezone1 = [[GMT]] | utc_offset1 = +0 | timezone1_DST = | utc_offset1_DST = | postal_code_type = | postal_code = | area_code_type = | area_code = | iso_code = | website = {{URL|worodougou.org}} | footnotes = }} '''Worodougou Region''' is one of the 31 [[regions of Ivory Coast]] and is currently one of three regions of [[Woroba District]]. The region's seat is [[Séguéla]]. The region's population in the 2021 census was 429,812.<ref name="pop"/>
==Departments== Worodougou is currently divided into two [[Departments of Ivory Coast|departments]]: [[Kani Department|Kani]] and [[Séguéla Department|Séguéla]].
==History== Worodougou means 'land of [[Kola nut|kola]]' in [[Malinke language|Malinke]]. It was integrated into the [[Dyula people|Dyula]] trade networks centered on the [[Mali Empire]] by the 15th century at the latest.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Levtzion |first1=Nehemia |title=Ancient Ghana and Mali |date=1980 |publisher=Africana Publishing Company |location=New York |page=102 |edition=2nd}}</ref>
[[File:Worodougou region locator map Côte d'Ivoire 1997-2000.jpg|thumb|left|Worodougou Region upon its creation in 1997. Worodougou retained these boundaries until 2000, when it was divided to create [[Bafing Region]].]] Worodougou Region was established in 1997 as a first-level administrative subdivision. At its establishment, it included all of the territory that is today [[Woroba District]]. In 2000, [[Bafing Region]] was created by dividing Worodougou.
Worodougou retained its new boundaries until the 2011 reorganisation of the [[subdivisions of Ivory Coast]], when it was divided a second time, the latter to create [[Béré Region]]. As part of the reorganisation, Worodougou was converted into a second-level subdivision and with Bafing and Béré became part of the first-level [[Woroba District]].
[[File:Worodougou region locator map Côte d'Ivoire 2000-11.jpg|thumb|left|Worodougou Region in 2000, after it had been divided to create [[Bafing Region]]. Worodougou retained these boundaries until 2011, when it was divided a second time to create [[Béré Region]].]]
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