Dabou

Town, sub-prefecture, and commune

Dabou

Location in Ivory Coast

Coordinates:  [ ⚑ ] : 5°19′N 4°23′W﻿ / ﻿5.317°N 4.383°W﻿ / 5.317; -4.383[1]
Country|  Ivory Coast
District| Lagunes
Region| Grands-Ponts
Department| Dabou
Area

• Total| 190 sq mi (480 km2)
Population

(2021 census)[3]

• Total| 138,083
• Density| 750/sq mi (290/km2)
• Town

| 61,942[2]
| (2014 census)
Time zone| UTC+0 (GMT)

Dabou is a port town in southern Ivory Coast. It is the seat of both the Lagunes District and the Grands-Ponts Region. It is also the seat of and a sub-prefecture of the Dabou Department. Dabou is also a commune.

The town is served by Dabou Airport. Writer Regina Yaou was born in the town.

In 2021, the population of the sub-prefecture of Dabou was 138,083.[3]

## Villages

The sixteen villages of the sub-prefecture of Dabou and their population in 2014 are:[4]

1. Agneby (820)
2. Armebe (1 293)
3. Dabou (61 942)
4. Debrimou (2 338)
5. Gbougbo (2 132)
6. Kpass (1 222)
7. N'gatty (1 026)
8. Akradio (5 553)
9. Bodou (344)
10. Bohn (820)
11. Bouboury (3 254)
12. Layo (820)
13. Mopoyem (1 162)
14. Orbaff (3 182)
15. Tiaha (985)
16. Vieil-Aklodj (1 537)

## Notable people

* Aristide Bahin (born 1987), footballer

## References

1. ↑ "Ivory Coast Cities Longitude & Latitude". sphereinfo.com. http://www.sphereinfo.com/longitude~latitude/ivory_coast. Retrieved 19 November 2010.
2. ↑ Citypopulation.de Population of cities & localities in Ivory Coast
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Citypopulation.de Population of the regions and sub-prefectures of Ivory Coast
4. ↑ "RGPH 2014, Répertoire des localités, Région Grands-Ponts". http://www.ins.ci/n/documents/rgph/GRANDS-PONTS.pdf. Retrieved 5 August 2019.

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