Guiglo is a town in Guiglo Department

Guiglo Department

Guiglo Department is one of the departments of Côte d'Ivoire. It is one of three departments of Moyen-Cavally Region....

 of Moyen-Cavally Region in western Côte d'Ivoire

Côte d'Ivoire

The Republic of Côte d'Ivoire or Ivory Coast is a country in West Africa. It has an area of , and borders the countries Liberia, Guinea, Mali, Burkina Faso and Ghana; its southern boundary is along the Gulf of Guinea. The country's population was 15,366,672 in 1998 and was estimated to be...

. Guiglo Town is located on the Nzo River, a tributary of the Sassandra River

Sassandra River

The Sassandra River is a river of western Côte d'Ivoire in West Africa. It is formed by the confluence of the Tienba River, which originates in the highlands of northwestern Côte d'Ivoire, and the Gouan River , which originates to the west in the highlands of Guinea...

. It is the capital of Moyen-Cavally Region.

Guiglo is a market centre

Market

A market is one of many varieties of systems, institutions, procedures, social relations and infrastructures whereby parties engage in exchange. While parties may exchange goods and services by barter, most markets rely on sellers offering their goods or services in exchange for money from buyers...

 of the Guere, Yacouba and Mossi people, with trade in rice

Rice

Rice is the seed of the monocot plants Oryza sativa or Oryza glaberrima . As a cereal grain, it is the most important staple food for a large part of the world's human population, especially in East Asia, Southeast Asia, South Asia, the Middle East, and the West Indies...

, livestock

Livestock

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, and cassava

Cassava

Cassava , also called yuca or manioc, a woody shrub of the Euphorbiaceae native to South America, is extensively cultivated as an annual crop in tropical and subtropical regions for its edible starchy tuberous root, a major source of carbohydrates...

 predominating, and is also a collecting depot, or entrepot

Entrepôt

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, for coffee

Coffee

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 and timber

Timber

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 to be taken to coastal ports for export. Guiglo is the site of both a research station

Research

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 and a sawmill

Sawmill

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In 2005, a UN

United Nations

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 base was invaded by 1,000 protesters and took control but were forced back by armed UN peacekeepers and left 100 protesters and one UN peacekeeper dead, including 1 wounded during UNOCI.

The town is served by Guiglo Airport

Guiglo Airport

Guiglo Airport is an airport serving Guiglo in Côte d'Ivoire....

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