Place:Dabou
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Dabou | |
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Town, sub-prefecture, and commune | |
Coordinates: [ ⚑ ] : 5°19′N 4°23′W / 5.317°N 4.383°W[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]
Notable people
- Aristide Bahin (born 1987), footballer
References
- ↑ "Ivory Coast Cities Longitude & Latitude". sphereinfo.com. http://www.sphereinfo.com/longitude~latitude/ivory_coast. Retrieved 19 November 2010.
- ↑ Citypopulation.de Population of cities & localities in Ivory Coast
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Citypopulation.de Population of the regions and sub-prefectures of Ivory Coast
- ↑ "RGPH 2014, Répertoire des localités, Région Grands-Ponts". http://www.ins.ci/n/documents/rgph/GRANDS-PONTS.pdf. Retrieved 5 August 2019.
Original source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dabou.
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