Kossou is a town in central

Ivory Coast Ivory Coast, also known as Côte d'Ivoire and officially the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire, is a country on the southern coast of West Africa. Its capital city of Yamoussoukro is located in the centre of the country, while its largest List of ci ...

. Since 2013, it has been one of two sub-prefectures of

Yamoussoukro Department Yamoussoukro Department is a departments of Ivory Coast, department of Ivory Coast. The department houses the Capital (political), political capital of Ivory Coast, Yamoussoukro, and is one of two departments in the Yamoussoukro Autonomous District ...

, Yamoussoukro Autonomous District. The town is named after nearby

Lake Kossou Lake Kossou () is Côte d'Ivoire's largest lake. It lies on the Bandama River in the center of the country. It is an artificial lake, created in 1973 by damming the Bandama River at Kossou (the Kossou Dam). Some 75,000 Baoulé people were displ ...

. Kossou 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. Villages in the sub-prefecture include Zatta.

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Sub-prefectures of Yamoussoukro Former communes of Ivory Coast {{Yamoussoukro-geo-stub