Kossou | |
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Town and sub-prefecture | |
  Kossou Location in Ivory Coast | |
| Coordinates: 7°0′N 5°29′W / 7.000°N 5.483°W | |
| Country |  Ivory Coast |
| District | Yamoussoukro |
| Department | Yamoussoukro |
| Population (2014)[1] | |
| • Total | 28,321 |
| Time zone | UTC+0 (GMT) |
Man weighing gold collected in a mine near the dam
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.
Notes
- ↑ "Côte d'Ivoire". geohive.com. Retrieved 15 December 2015.
- ↑ "Le gouvernement ivoirien supprime 1126 communes, et maintient 197 pour renforcer sa politique de décentralisation en cours", news.abidjan.net, 7 March 2012.
Sub-prefectures of the autonomous district of Yamoussoukro | ||
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* also a commune | ||
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