Guessiguié is a town in south-eastern Ivory Coast. It is a sub-prefecture of Agboville Department in Agnéby-Tiassa Region, Lagunes District. The town is divided into two halves, Guessiguié I and Guessiguié II. The town is 15 kilometres north of the border of Abidjan Autonomous District.
Guessiguié was a commune until March 2012, when it became one of 1,126 communes nationwide that were abolished."Le gouvernement ivoirien supprime 1126 communes, et maintient 197 pour renforcer sa politique de décentralisation en cours", news.abidjan.net, 7 March 2012.
In 2014, the population of the sub-prefecture of Guessiguié was 21,911.
Villages The 12 villages of the sub-prefecture of Guessiguié and their population in 2014 are:
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