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| name                    = Gbêkê Region
| native_name             = ''Région de Gbêkê''
| native_name_lang        = fr
| other_name                = Wawlè Region<br>''Région du Wawlè''
| settlement_type         =[[Regions of Ivory Coast|Region]]
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| motto                   = ''"Union-Paix-Developpement"''
| image_map               =File:Gbêkê region locator map Côte d'Ivoire.jpg
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| map_caption             = Location of Gbêkê Region (green) in Ivory Coast and in Vallée du Bandama District
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|subdivision_name         = {{flag|Ivory Coast}}
|subdivision_type1        = [[Districts of Ivory Coast|District]]
|subdivision_name1        = [[Vallée du Bandama District|Vallée du Bandama]]
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| established_title       = Established
| established_date        = 2011
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| seat_type               =Regional seat
| seat                    =[[Bouaké]]
| government_footnotes    = <ref>[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.</ref>
| leader_title            = Prefect
| leader_name             = Tuo Fonzi
| leader_title1            = Council President
| leader_name1             = Mangoua Koffi Saraka Jacques
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| area_footnotes          =<ref>[http://www.dgddl.interieur.gouv.ci/index.php?page=mono_detail&title=regions&id=10 "Gbêkê"], gouv.ci, accessed 23 February 2016.</ref>
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| population_total        = 1352900
| population_as_of        = 2021 census
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'''Gbêkê Region''' (also known as '''Wawlè Region''') is one of the 31 [[Regions of Ivory Coast|regions]] of [[Ivory Coast]]. Since its establishment in 2011, it has been one of two regions in [[Vallée du Bandama District]]. The seat of the region is [[Bouaké]] and the region's population in the 2021 census was 1,352,900,<ref name="pop"/> making it the third-most populous region of Ivory Coast.
Gbêkê is currently divided into four [[departments of Ivory Coast|departments]]: [[Béoumi Department|Béoumi]], [[Botro Department|Botro]], [[Bouaké Department|Bouaké]], and [[Sakassou Department|Sakassou]].
==Name==
In the 2011 decree that created the region, Gbêkê was referred to alternatively as the region of "Wawlè".<ref>[http://www.pndap-ci.org/pdf/decret_districts.pdf Décret n° 2011-263 du 28 septembre 2011 portant organisation du territoire national en Districts et en Régions] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180328163518/http://www.pndap-ci.org/pdf/decret_districts.pdf |date=2018-03-28 }}.</ref>
==Location==
Gbêkê is located in the north of the country, it borders [[Hambol]], [[Iffou]], [[Bélier Region]], [[Marahoué]] and [[Béré Region]]
==Notes==
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[[Category:Regions of Vallée du Bandama District]]
[[Category:States and territories established in 2011]]
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