Tiapoum is a town in south-eastern

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

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of and the seat of Tiapoum Department in

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. Tiapoum is also a commune. The town sits on the north shore of the

Tano River The Tano or Tanoé River ( French: ''Rivière Tano'') is a river in Ghana. It flows for 400 kilometres from a town called Traa, a suburb of Techiman, the capital town of Bono East Region of the Republic of Ghana to Ehy Lagoon, Tendo Lagoon and fin ...

, which in this area forms the border between Ivory Coast and

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. In 2014, the population of the sub-prefecture of Tiapoum was 25,072.

Villages

The eighteen villages of the sub-prefecture of Tiapoum and their population in 2014 were:

References

Sub-prefectures of Sud-Comoé Communes of Sud-Comoé {{ComoéCI-geo-stub