Guéyo Department is a department of Nawa Region in Bas-Sassandra District, Ivory Coast. In 2021, its population was 102,213 and its seat is the settlement of Guéyo. The sub-prefectures of the department are Dabouyo and Guéyo.

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Guéyo Department Département de Guéyo
Department
Location in Ivory Coast. Guéyo Department has retained the same boundaries since its creation in 2008.
Country	Ivory Coast
District	Bas-Sassandra
Region	Nawa
2008	Established as a second-level subdivision via division of Sassandra Dept
2011	Converted to a third-level subdivision
Departmental seat	Guéyo
Government [1]
• Prefect	Kouamé Réné Famy
Area [2]
• Total	878 km2 (339 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[3]
• Total	102,213
• Density	120/km2 (300/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+0 (GMT)

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Guéyo Department was created in 2008 as a second-level subdivision via a split-off from Sassandra Department.^[4] At its creation, it was part of Bas-Sassandra Region.

In 2011, districts were introduced as new first-level subdivisions of Ivory Coast. At the same time, regions were reorganised and became second-level subdivisions and all departments were converted into third-level subdivisions. At this time, Guéyo Department became part of Nawa Region in Bas-Sassandra District.