| Papara | |
| 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: | Savanes |
| Subdivision Type2: | Region |
| Subdivision Name2: | Bagoué |
| Subdivision Type3: | Department |
| Subdivision Name3: | Tengréla |
| Unit Pref: | Metric |
| Population As Of: | 2014 |
| Population Footnotes: | [1] |
| Population Total: | 8866 |
| Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
| Timezone: | GMT |
| Utc Offset: | +0 |
| Coordinates: | 10.6167°N -21°W |
Papara is a town in the far north of Ivory Coast. It is a sub-prefecture of Tengréla Department in Bagoué Region, Savanes District. A border crossing with Mali is three kilometres east of town. Papara is the northernmost sub-prefecture in Ivory Coast.
Papara 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 Papara was 8,866.[3]
The 11 villages of the sub-prefecture of Papara and their population in 2014 are:[3]