Kossou | |
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: | Yamoussoukro |
Subdivision Type2: | Department |
Subdivision Name2: | Yamoussoukro |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Population As Of: | 2014 |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population Total: | 28321 |
Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
Timezone: | GMT |
Utc Offset: | +0 |
Coordinates: | 7°N -34°W |
Kossou is a town in central Ivory Coast. Since 2013, it has been one of two sub-prefectures of Yamoussoukro Department, Yamoussoukro Autonomous District. The town is named after nearby Lake Kossou.
Kossou was a commune until March 2012, when it became one of 1126 communes nationwide that were abolished.[2]
Villages in the sub-prefecture include Zatta.