Gadouan is a town in west-central

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 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 Daloa Department in Haut-Sassandra Region,

Sassandra-Marahoué District Sassandra-Marahoué District (, ) is one of fourteen administrative districts of Ivory Coast. The district is located in the central part of the country. The capital of the district is Daloa. Creation Sassandra-Marahoué District was created in a ...

. Gadouan was a commune until March 2012, when it became one of 1126 communes nationwide that were abolished."Le gouvernement ivoirien supprime 1126 communes, et maintient 197 pour renforcer sa politique de décentralisation en cours"
''news.abidjan.net'', 7 March 2012. In 2014, the population of the sub-prefecture of Gadouan was 57,470.

Villages

The 7 villages of the sub-prefecture of Gadouan and their population in 2014 are: # Bébouo-Sibouo (4 084) # Bidiahouan (4 771) # Gadouan (12 821) # Kribléguhé-Kpamizon (2 504) # Niamayo (2 622) #

Zagoréta Zagoréta is a village in western Ivory Coast. It is in the sub-prefecture of Gadouan, Daloa Department, Haut-Sassandra Region, Sassandra-Marahoué District Sassandra-Marahoué District (, ) is one of fourteen administrative districts of Ivory ...

(9 801) # Zaliohouan (20 867)

Notes

Sub-prefectures of Haut-Sassandra Former communes of Ivory Coast {{Sassandra-Marahoué-geo-stub