Dapéoua is a town in south-western
Ivory Coast
Ivory Coast, also known as Côte d'Ivoire, officially the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire, is a country on the southern coast of West Africa. Its capital is Yamoussoukro, in the centre of the country, while its largest city and economic centre is ...
. It is a
sub-prefecture
A subprefecture is an administrative division of a country that is below prefecture or province.
Albania
There are twelve Albanian counties or prefectures, each of which is divided into several districts, sometimes translated as subprefecture ...
of
Buyo Department in
Nawa Region
Nawa Region is one of the 31 regions of Ivory Coast. Since its establishment in 2011, it has been one of three regions in Bas-Sassandra District. The seat of the region is Soubré and the region's population in the 2021 census was 1,165,472, maki ...
,
Bas-Sassandra District.
The south-western third of the sub-prefecture is located in
Taï National Park
Taï National Park () is a national park in Côte d'Ivoire that contains one of the last areas of primary rainforest in West Africa. It was inscribed as a World Heritage Site in 1982 due to the diversity of its flora and fauna. Five mammal specie ...
.
Dapéoua was a
commune until March 2012, when it became one of 1126 communes nationwide that were abolished.
"Le gouvernement ivoirien supprime 1126 communes, et maintient 197 pour renforcer sa politique de décentralisation en cours"
''news.abidjan.net'', 7 March 2012.
In 2014, the population of the sub-prefecture of Dapéoua was 80,658.
Villages
The nine villages of the sub-prefecture of Dapéoua and their population in 2014 are:[
# Belleville (14 530 )
# Dapéoua (10 758 )
# Gnagboya V4 (7 158 )
# Gribouo (5 215 )
# Kodaya V5 (6 543 )
# Lobogba (10 498 )
# Loboville (12 348 )
# Sagboya V6 (7 072 )
# Trawaininkro (6 536 )
]
References
Sub-prefectures of Nawa Region
Former communes of Ivory Coast
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