Cosrou | |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Pushpin Map: | Ivory Coast |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 300 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Ivory Coast |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | District |
Subdivision Name1: | Lagunes |
Subdivision Type2: | Region |
Subdivision Name2: | Grands-Ponts |
Subdivision Type3: | Department |
Subdivision Name3: | Dabou |
Subdivision Type4: | Sub-prefecture |
Subdivision Name4: | Toupah |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
Timezone: | GMT |
Utc Offset: | +0 |
Coordinates: | 5.3167°N -44°W |
Cosrou is a coastal village in southern Ivory Coast. It is in the sub-prefecture of Toupah, Dabou Department, Grands-Ponts Region, Lagunes District. It lies on Cosrou Bay (Baie de Cosrou) and by road is located west of Dabou and west of Abidjan. The area is dominated by about 3500 hectares of savanna and plantations.[1] [2] [3]
Cosrou was a commune until March 2012, when it became one of 1126 communes nationwide that were abolished.[4] J. L. Tournier was chief of the commune (cercle) in the mid to late 1940s.[5]