Grand-Lahou is a coastal town in southern
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 i ...
. 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 subprefectures. ...
of and the seat of
Grand-Lahou Department in
Grands-Ponts Region
Grands-Ponts Region (also originally known as Leboutou Region) is one of the 31 regions of Ivory Coast. Since its establishment in 2011, it has been one of three regions in Lagunes District. The seat of the region is Dabou and the region's populat ...
,
Lagunes District. Grand-Lahou is also a
commune.
Grand-Lahou is situated where the
Bandama River
The Bandama River is the longest river in Ivory Coast with a length of some 800 kilometers. The south-flowing river is fed by the Marahoué, Solomougou, Kan and Nzi rivers and empties into the Tagba Lagoon and the Gulf of Guinea.
The Bandama ...
meets the
Gulf of Guinea
The Gulf of Guinea is the northeasternmost part of the tropical Atlantic Ocean from Cape Lopez in Gabon, north and west to Cape Palmas in Liberia. The intersection of the Equator and Prime Meridian (zero degrees latitude and longitude) is i ...
. It was occupied by the
British,
Germans
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and
Dutch before the
French
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developed it as a
trading port from 1890. Grand-Lahou is a popular base for visitors to the
Assagny National Park
Assagny National Park or Azagny National Park is a national park in the south of Ivory Coast. It is situated on the coast some to the west of Abidjan, between the mouth of the Bandama River and the Ébrié Lagoon, and occupies an area of about .
...
.
In 2021, the population of the sub-prefecture of Grand-Lahou was 77,479.
Villages
The twenty villages of the sub-prefecture of Grand-Lahou and their population in 2014 are:
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Population of the localities in the sub-prefecture of Grand-Lahou
References
Sub-prefectures of Grands-Ponts
Communes of Grands-Ponts
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