Grand-Lahou

Grand-Lahou
Town, sub-prefecture, and commune
Grand-Lahou Location in Ivory Coast
Coordinates: 5°8′N 5°1′W
Country	Ivory Coast
District	Lagunes
Region	Grands-Ponts
Department	Grand-Lahou
Area
• Total	1,100 km2 (400 sq mi)
Population  (2021 census)
• Total	77,479
• Density	70/km2 (180/sq mi)
• Town	28,470
	(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.

Villages

The twenty villages of the sub-prefecture of Grand-Lahou and their population in 2014 are:

1. Grand-Lahou (28 470)
2. N'zida-Zoukouboli (350)
3. Palmci Dioulabougou (1 097)
4. Palmci Yocoboue (1 746)
5. Ahouniansou (1 390)
6. Betesso (969)
7. Braffedon (3 587)
8. Djidjikro (4 393)
9. Groguida (1 063)
10. Groguida V1 (2 858)
11. Katchekan (323)
12. Katchekpli (726)
13. Lahou-Kpanda (2 127)
14. Liboli (1 885)
15. Likpilassie (632)
16. Mackey (2 103)
17. Nandibo 1 (1 396)
18. Nandibo 2 (3 012)
19. Tieviessou (7 450)
20. Tieviessou Phci (1 906)