Djouroutou
Djouroutou | |
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Town and sub-prefecture | |
  Djouroutou Location in Ivory Coast | |
| Coordinates: 5°22′N 7°17′W / 5.367°N 7.283°W | |
| Country |  Ivory Coast |
| District | Bas-Sassandra |
| Region | San-Pédro |
| Department | Tabou |
| Population (2014)[1] | |
• Total | 71,651 |
| Time zone | UTC+0 (GMT) |
Djouroutou is a town in south-western Ivory Coast. It is a sub-prefecture of Tabou Department in San-Pédro Region, Bas-Sassandra District. The town is 11 kilometres east of the border with Liberia.
A large portion of the north-eastern area of the sub-prefecture lies within Taï National Park.
Djouroutou was a commune until March 2012, when it became one of 1,126 communes nationwide that were abolished.[2]
In 2014, the population of the sub-prefecture of Djouroutou was 71,651.[3]
Villages
The seventeen villages of the sub-prefecture of Djouroutou and their population in 2014 are:[3]
- Béoué (3,432)
- Béréblo (4,281)
- Diaoudi (202)
- Djéka/Petit Guiglo (1,562)
- Djouroutou (3,840)
- Gbarou (937)
- Gbéléto (702)
- Hannié (7,989)
- Karié (5,718)
- Mahino 1 (2,681)
- Mahino 2 (1,819)
- Néka-Village (1,861)
- Nigré (2,142)
- Para (17,594)
- Petit-Grabo (12,385)
- Poutou (2,985)
- Youkou (1,521)
References
- ^ "Côte d'Ivoire". geohive.com. Retrieved 8 December 2015.
- ^ "Le gouvernement ivoirien supprime 1126 communes, et maintient 197 pour renforcer sa politique de décentralisation en cours", news.abidjan.net, 7 March 2012.
- ^ a b "RGPH 2014, Répertoire des localités, Région San-Pédro" (PDF). ins.ci. Retrieved 5 August 2019.
| Departments and sub-prefectures of San-Pédro Region, Bas-Sassandra District | ||
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Regional seat: San-Pédro | ||
| San-Pédro Department |  | |
| Tabou Department | ||
* also a commune | ||