Para is a village is 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 in the sub-prefecture of

Djouroutou 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 ...

Tabou Department Tabou Department is a department of San-Pédro Region in Bas-Sassandra District, Ivory Coast. In 2021, its population was 270,482 and its seat is the settlement of Tabou. The sub-prefectures of the department are Dapo-Iboké, Djamandioké, ...

San-Pédro Region San-Pédro Region is one of the 31 regions In geography, regions, otherwise referred to as zones, lands or territories, are areas that are broadly divided by physical characteristics (physical geography), human impact characteristics (human geogr ...

, Bas-Sassandra District. Para was a

commune A commune is an alternative term for an intentional community. Commune or comună or comune or other derivations may also refer to: Administrative-territorial entities * Commune (administrative division), a municipality or township ** Communes of ...

from October 2005until March 2012, when it became one of 1126 communes nationwide that were abolished.

History

Following the disputed November 2010 election, there were armed attacks near Para across the

Liberia Liberia (), officially the Republic of Liberia, is a country on the West African coast. It is bordered by Sierra Leone to Liberia–Sierra Leone border, its northwest, Guinea to its north, Ivory Coast to its east, and the Atlantic Ocean ...

n border by disaffected Ivorian soldiers and their Liberian comrades. In June 2012 these attacks intensified when seven United Nations peacekeepers, an Ivorian soldier, and at least ten civilians were killed in the nearby village of Saho on 8 June. Over 7,000 refugees flooded into Para.

Economy

Cacao is the main cash crop in the Para area.

Notes

Former communes of Ivory Coast Populated places in Bas-Sassandra District Populated places in San-Pédro Region {{BasSassandra-geo-stub