The district is located in the southwest corner of the country.

The capital of the district is Gagnoa.

Gôh-Djiboua District was created in a 2011 administrative reorganisation of the subdivisions of Ivory Coast.

[4] The territory of the district was composed by merging the former regions of Sud-Bandama (except the department of Fresco) and Fromager.

[1] Gôh-Djiboua District is currently subdivided into two regions and the following departments: According to the 2021 census, Gôh-Djiboua District has a population of 2,088,440.