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Grand-Lahou
Sign in to saveGrand-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.
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- Locality
- Groguida
- Region
- Lagunes
- Country
- Côte d’Ivoire
- Population
- 36,906
- Timezone
- Africa/Abidjan
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Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Grand-Lahou
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Town, sub-prefecture, and commune
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Ivory Coast
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- bottom
- Settlement.pushpin_mapsize
- 300
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Ivory Coast
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Lagunes
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Region
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Grands-Ponts
- Settlement.subdivision_type3
- Department
- Settlement.subdivision_name3
- Grand-Lahou
- Settlement.unit_pref
- Metric
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 1100
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2021 census
- Settlement.population_note
- (2014 census)
- Settlement.population_total
- 77479
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- commune of Ivory Coast
- Country
- Ivory Coast
- Located in
- Grand Lahou Department
- Population
- 77479
- Elevation
- 5.254380
- Time zone
- Greenwich Mean Time
- Capital of
- Grand Lahou Department
- Image
- RCI-Grand Lahou-Constructions sur côte attaquée par la mer 2.jpg
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- Grand-Lahou
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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.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Grand-Lahou” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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