Gbéléban | |
Settlement Type: | Town and sub-prefecture |
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: | Denguélé |
Subdivision Type2: | Region |
Subdivision Name2: | Kabadougou |
Subdivision Type3: | Department |
Subdivision Name3: | Gbéléban |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Population As Of: | 2014 |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population Total: | 2569 |
Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
Timezone: | GMT |
Utc Offset: | +0 |
Coordinates: | 9.5833°N -16°W |
Gbéléban is a town in north-western Ivory Coast. It is a sub-prefecture of and seat of Gbéléban Department in Kabadougou Region, Denguélé District. The town is a few hundred metres east of the border with Guinea; there is a border crossing two-and-a-half kilometres north of town.
With a population of just over 2,500, Gbéléban is the least-populated sub-prefecture in Ivory Coast.
Gbéléban 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 Gbéléban was 2,569.[3]
The 2 villages of the sub-prefecture of Gbéléban and their population in 2014 are:[3]