| Para | |
| 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: | Bas-Sassandra |
| Subdivision Type2: | Region |
| Subdivision Name2: | Nawa |
| Subdivision Type3: | Department |
| Subdivision Name3: | Soubré |
| Subdivision Type4: | Sub-prefecture |
| Subdivision Name4: | Soubré |
| Unit Pref: | Metric |
| Population As Of: | 2014 census |
| Population Footnotes: | [1] |
| Population Blank1 Title: | Village |
| Population Blank1: | 17594 |
| Population Blank2 Title: | Ethnicities |
| Timezone: | GMT |
| Utc Offset: | +0 |
| Coordinates: | 5.5167°N -27°W |
Para is a village is southwestern Ivory Coast. It is in the sub-prefecture of Djouroutou, Tabou Department, San-Pédro Region, Bas-Sassandra District.
Para was a commune from October 2005 until March 2012, when it became one of 1126 communes nationwide that were abolished.[2]
Following the disputed November 2010 election, there were armed attacks near Para across the Liberian border by disaffected Ivorian soldiers and their Liberian comrades. In June 2012 these attacks intensified when seven United Nations peacekeepers, an Ivorian soldier, and at least ten civilians were killed in the nearby village of Saho on 8 June.[3] Over 7,000 refugees flooded into Para.[4]
Cacao is the main cash crop in the Para area.