Grand-Lahou Explained

Grand-Lahou
Settlement Type:Town, sub-prefecture, and commune
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:Grand-Lahou
Unit Pref:Metric
Area Total Km2:1100
Population As Of:2021 census
Population Footnotes:[1]
Population Note:(2014 census)
Population Total:77479
Population Density Km2:auto
Population Blank1 Title:Town
Population Blank1:28470[2]
Population Blank2 Title:Ethnicities
Timezone:GMT
Utc Offset:+0
Coordinates:5.1333°N -6°W

Grand-Lahou is a coastal town in southern Ivory Coast. It is a sub-prefecture of and the seat of Grand-Lahou Department in Grands-Ponts Region, Lagunes District. Grand-Lahou is also a commune.

Grand-Lahou is situated at the mouth of the Bandama River on the Gulf of Guinea. It was occupied by the British, Germans and Dutch before the French, from 1890 onward, began to develop it as a trading port. It is located near the Assagny National Park.

In 2021, the population of the sub-prefecture of Grand-Lahou was 77,479.[1]

Villages

The twenty villages of the sub-prefecture of Grand-Lahou and their population in 2014 are:[3]

Notes and References

  1. https://www.citypopulation.de/en/ivorycoast/sub/admin/ Citypopulation.de
  2. https://www.citypopulation.de/en/ivorycoast/cities/ Citypopulation.de
  3. https://www.citypopulation.de/en/ivorycoast/lagunes/081204__grand-lahou/ Citypopulation.de