Oupoyo is a town in southwestern

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 Méagui 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 far western portion 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 ...

. Oupoyo was a commune until March 2012, when it became one of 1126 communes nationwide that were abolished. In 2021, the population of the sub-prefecture of Oupoyo was 61,973.

Villages

The fifteen villages of the sub-prefecture of Oupoyo and their population in 2014 are:Citypopulation.de
Population of the localities in the sub-prefecture of Oupoyo

References

Sub-prefectures of Nawa Region Former communes of Ivory Coast {{BasSassandra-geo-stub