Moronou Region

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{{Infobox settlement

| name = Moronou Region

| native_name = Région du Moronou

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| settlement_type =Region

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| map_caption = Location of Moronou Region (green) in Ivory Coast and in Lacs District

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|subdivision_type = Country

|subdivision_name = {{flag|Ivory Coast}}

|subdivision_type1 = District

|subdivision_name1 = Lacs

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| established_date = Established via division of N'Zi Region

| established_title = 2012

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| seat_type =Regional seat

| seat = Bongouanou

| 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 = Nemlin Houande Henriette Epse Diahi Néssero

| leader_title1 = Council President

| leader_name1 = Pascal Affi N'Guessan

| unit_pref = Metric

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

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| population_total = 439,755

| population_as_of = 2021 census

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Moronou Region is one of the 31 regions of Ivory Coast. Since its creation in 2012, it has been one of four regions in Lacs District. The seat of the region is Bongouanou and the region's population in the 2021 census was 439,755.

Moronou is currently divided into three departments: Arrah, Bongouanou, and M'Batto.

Moronou is the most recently created region of Ivory Coast. It was formed in 2012[http://news.abidjan.net/h/436675.html "Conseil des Ministres du mercredi 04 Juillet 2012 : De nouvelles entités administratives créées"], abidjan.net, 5 July 2012.[http://www.depse.ci/telecharger-fichier-joint/15 Décret n° 2012-612 du 04 juillet 2012 portant création de la Région du Moronou] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160302023648/http://www.depse.ci/telecharger-fichier-joint/15 |date=2016-03-02 }}. after the other 30 regions had been organised in 2011. Moronou was created by splitting off three departments from N'Zi Region.

History

The Kingdom of Moronou was founded by the Anyi people in the 18th century.{{cite book |last=Abu Boahen |first=Albert |title=General History of Africa: Volume 5 |chapter=The states and cultures of the Lower Guinea coast |pages=212 |publisher=UNESCO Publishing |year=1992 |url=https://unesdoc.unesco.org/in/documentViewer.xhtml?v=2.1.196&id=p::usmarcdef_0000134396&file=/in/rest/annotationSVC/DownloadWatermarkedAttachment/attach_import_f751f656-39b6-4613-a403-0e71c4509ecd%3F_%3D134396engo.pdf&locale=en&multi=true&ark=/ark:/48223/pf0000134396/PDF/134396engo.pdf#%5B%7B%22num%22%3A798%2C%22gen%22%3A0%7D%2C%7B%22name%22%3A%22XYZ%22%7D%2Cnull%2Cnull%2C0%5D}}

Regional Council of Moronou

=Election Results=

{{Election box begin no change|title=2013 Ivory Coast Regional Elections: Moronou{{cite web |author1=COMMISSION ELECTORALE INDEPENDANTE |title=ELECTION DES CONSEILLERS REGIONAUX |url=https://www.cei-ci.org/redirect/web/file/uploads/7dbb4826_resultats-definitifs.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190213124041/https://www.cei-ci.org/redirect/web/file/uploads/7dbb4826_resultats-definitifs.pdf |url-status=usurped |archive-date=February 13, 2019 |access-date=13 February 2019 |location=Moronou |page=2 |language=fr |format=PDF |date=21 April 2013}}}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change

|party = Independent politician

|candidate = Véronique Aka

|votes = 20,459

|percentage = 46.18

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{{Election box candidate with party link no change

|party = Democratic Party of Côte d'Ivoire – African Democratic Rally

|candidate = Ahoua N'Doli

|votes = 13,973

|percentage = 31.54

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{{Election box candidate with party link no change

|party = Independent politician

|candidate = Assoumou Mea

|votes = 6,349

|percentage = 14.33

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{{Election box candidate with party link no change

|party = Independent politician

|candidate = Akpoue Brou Jean

|votes = 3,518

|percentage = 7.94

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{{Election box begin no change|title=2018 Ivory Coast Regional Elections: Moronou{{cite web |title=Elections Municipales et Régionales 2018 en Côte d’ivoire |url=https://www.abidjan.net/elections/municipales-regionales/regionales/2018/election/regions.asp?ID=33 |website=Abidjan |access-date=13 February 2019 |location=Moronou |language=fr}}}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change

|party = Ivorian Popular Front

|candidate = Pascal Affi N'Guessan

|votes = 26,027

|percentage = 43.15

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{{Election box candidate with party link no change

|party = Democratic Party of Côte d'Ivoire – African Democratic Rally

|candidate = Véronique Aka

|votes = 25,703

|percentage = 42.61

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