Grand-Lahou
Appearance
Grand-Lahou | |
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Town, sub-prefecture, and commune | |
Coordinates: 5°8′N 5°1′W / 5.133°N 5.017°W | |
Country | Ivory Coast |
District | Lagunes |
Region | Grands-Ponts |
Department | Grand-Lahou |
Area | |
• Total | 1,100 km2 (400 sq mi) |
Population (2021 census)[2] | |
• Total | 77,479 |
• Density | 70/km2 (180/sq mi) |
• Town | 28,470[1] |
(2014 census) | |
Time zone | UTC+0 (GMT) |
Grand-Lahou is a coastal town in southern Ivory Coast. It is a sub-prefecture of and the seat of Grand-Lahou Department in Grands-Ponts Region, Lagunes District. Grand-Lahou is also a commune.
Grand-Lahou is situated where the Bandama River meets the Gulf of Guinea. It was occupied by the British, Germans and Dutch before the French developed it as a trading port from 1890. Grand-Lahou is a popular base for visitors to the Assagny National Park.
In 2021, the population of the sub-prefecture of Grand-Lahou was 77,479.[2]
Villages
The twenty villages of the sub-prefecture of Grand-Lahou and their population in 2014 are:[3]
- Grand-Lahou (28 470)
- N'zida-Zoukouboli (350)
- Palmci Dioulabougou (1 097)
- Palmci Yocoboue (1 746)
- Ahouniansou (1 390)
- Betesso (969)
- Braffedon (3 587)
- Djidjikro (4 393)
- Groguida (1 063)
- Groguida V1 (2 858)
- Katchekan (323)
- Katchekpli (726)
- Lahou-Kpanda (2 127)
- Liboli (1 885)
- Likpilassie (632)
- Mackey (2 103)
- Nandibo 1 (1 396)
- Nandibo 2 (3 012)
- Tieviessou (7 450)
- Tieviessou Phci (1 906)
References
- ^ Citypopulation.de Population of cities & localities in Ivory Coast
- ^ a b Citypopulation.de Population of the regions and sub-prefectures of Ivory Coast
- ^ Citypopulation.de Population of the localities in the sub-prefecture of Grand-Lahou