Dabou is a port town in southern

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 ...

. It is the seat of both the

Lagunes District Lagunes District (, , ) is one of fourteen administrative districts of Ivory Coast. The district is located in the southern part of the country. The capital of the district is Dabou. Creation Lagunes District was created in a 2011 administrative ...

and the

Grands-Ponts Region Grands-Ponts Region (also originally known as Leboutou Region) is one of the 31 Regions of Ivory Coast, 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 a ...

. It is also the seat of and a sub-prefecture of the

Dabou Department Dabou Department is a Departments of Ivory Coast, department of Grands-Ponts Region in Lagunes District, Ivory Coast. In 2021, its population was 213,582 and its seat is the settlement of Dabou. The sub-prefectures of Ivory Coast, sub-prefectures o ...

. Dabou is also a commune. The town is served by

Dabou Airport Dabou Airport is an airport serving Dabou, Côte d'Ivoire. See also *Transport in Côte d'Ivoire Ivory Coast invested remarkably in its transport system. Transport Infrastructures are much more developed than they are other West African co ...

. Writer

Regina Yaou Regina Yaou (sometimes N'doufou) (10 July 1955 – 4 November 2017) was a writer from Ivory Coast. Life and career Yaou was born in Dabou and raised by her aunt in a literary family, and wrote her first poems between the ages of twelve and fourtee ...

was born in the town. In 2021, the population of the sub-prefecture of Dabou was 138,083.

Villages

The sixteen villages of the sub-prefecture of Dabou and their populations in 2014 are:

Notable people

Aristide Bahin Aristide Bahin (born 21 November 1987 in Dabou) is an Ivorian footballer who plays as a forward. He played in the Portuguese Liga de Honra The Liga Portugal 2 (), also known as Liga Portugal Meu Super for sponsorship reasons, is the second-h ...

(born 1987), footballer *

Christian Koffi Christian Koffi (born 21 December 1990) is an Ivorian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Linafoot club TP Mazembe Tout Puissant Mazembe, commonly referred to as TP Mazembe, is a Congolese professional association football, f ...

(born 1990), footballer *

(1955–2017), writer

References

Sub-prefectures of Grands-Ponts District capitals of Ivory Coast Communes of Grands-Ponts Regional capitals of Ivory Coast {{Lagunes-geo-stub