Folon Region

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| name = Folon Region

| native_name = Région du Folon

| native_name_lang = fr

| settlement_type =Region

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| motto = "Le développement participatif"

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| map_caption = Location of Folon Region (green) in Ivory Coast and in Denguélé District

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|subdivision_type = Country

|subdivision_name = {{flag|Ivory Coast}}

|subdivision_type1 = District

|subdivision_name1 = Denguélé

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| established_title = Established

| established_date = 2011

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| seat_type =Regional seat

| seat =Minignan

| government_footnotes = [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.

| leader_title = Prefect

| leader_name = Abdou Karim Barro Baladji

| leader_title1 = Council President

| leader_name1 = Sindou Cissé

| unit_pref = Metric

| area_footnotes =[http://www.dgddl.interieur.gouv.ci/index.php?page=mono_detail&title=regions&id=9 "Folon"], gouv.ci, accessed 23 February 2016.

| area_total_km2 = 7239

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| population_footnotes =[https://www.citypopulation.de/en/ivorycoast/admin/ Citypopulation.de] Population of the regions and departments of Ivory Coast

| population_total = 146,209

| population_as_of = 2021 census

| population_density_km2 = auto

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Folon Region is one of the 31 regions of Ivory Coast. Since its establishment in 2011, it has been one of two regions in Denguélé District. The seat of the region is Minignan and the region's population in the 2021 census was 146,209, making it the least-populous region of the country.

Folon is currently divided into two departments: Kaniasso and Minignan.

Natural geography

The majority of the geography of Folon is savannah, but there are forests along the rivers.[http://www.dgddl.interieur.gouv.ci/.../FOLON.doc "Folon"], gouv.ci, accessed 23 February 2016. The forests are threatened by illegal logging and bushfires. The wild fauna of the region includes baboons, warthogs, boars, partridges, francolins, antelopes, waterbucks, bushbucks, rabbits, and boas.

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Category:Regions of Denguélé District

Category:States and territories established in 2011

Category:2011 establishments in Ivory Coast

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