Tabou is a town in the far southwest of

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 ...

, near the border of

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. 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

Tabou Department Tabou Department is a Departments of Ivory Coast, 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, Ivory Coast, Tabou. The sub-prefectures of Ivory ...

San-Pédro Region San-Pédro 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 San-Pédro and the region's population in the 2021 census was 1,060,7 ...

Bas-Sassandra District Bas-Sassandra District (; , "Lower Sassandra River, Sassandra") is one of fourteen Districts of Ivory Coast, administrative districts of Ivory Coast. The district is located in the southwest part of the country. The capital of the district is Sa ...

. Tabou is also a commune. In 2021, the population of the sub-prefecture of Tabou was 62,719.

Villages

The 32 villages of the sub-prefecture of Tabou and their population in 2014 are:Citypopulation.de
Population of the localities in the sub-prefekture of Tabou

Climate

Tabou has a

tropical monsoon climate An area of tropical monsoon climate (occasionally known as a sub-equatorial, tropical wet climate or a tropical monsoon and trade-wind littoral climate) is a tropical climate subtype that corresponds to the Köppen climate classification category ' ...

under the

Köppen climate classification The Köppen climate classification divides Earth climates into five main climate groups, with each group being divided based on patterns of seasonal precipitation and temperature. The five main groups are ''A'' (tropical), ''B'' (arid), ''C'' (te ...

, with a long wet season.

References

Sub-prefectures of San-Pédro Region Communes of San-Pédro Region {{BasSassandra-geo-stub