Djouroutou

Djouroutou
Town and sub-prefecture
Djouroutou Location in Ivory Coast
Coordinates: 5°22′N 7°17′W
Country	Ivory Coast
District	Bas-Sassandra
Region	San-Pédro
Department	Tabou
Population  (2014)[1]
• Total	71,651
Time zone	UTC+0 (GMT)

Djouroutou is a town in south-western Ivory Coast. It is a sub-prefecture of Tabou Department in San-Pédro Region, Bas-Sassandra District. The town is 11 kilometres east of the border with Liberia.

A large portion of the north-eastern area of the sub-prefecture lies within Taï National Park.

Djouroutou was a commune until March 2012, when it became one of 1126 communes nationwide that were abolished.[2]

In 2014, the population of the sub-prefecture of Djouroutou was 71,651.[3]

Villages

The seventeen villages of the sub-prefecture of Djouroutou and their population in 2014 are:[3]

1. Béoué (3 432)
2. Béréblo (4 281)
3. Diaoudi (202)
4. Djéka/Petit Guiglo (1 562)
5. Djouroutou (3 840)
6. Gbarou (937)
7. Gbéléto (702)
8. Hannié (7 989)
9. Karié (5 718)
10. Mahino 1 (2 681)
11. Mahino 2 (1 819)
12. Néka-Village (1 861)
13. Nigré (2 142)
14. Para (17 594)
15. Petit-Grabo (12 385)
16. Poutou (2 985)
17. Youkou (1 521)

References

1. "Côte d'Ivoire". geohive.com. Retrieved 8 December 2015.
2. "Le gouvernement ivoirien supprime 1126 communes, et maintient 197 pour renforcer sa politique de décentralisation en cours", news.abidjan.net, 7 March 2012.
3. "RGPH 2014, Répertoire des localités, Région San-Pédro" (PDF). ins.ci. Retrieved 5 August 2019.