Tabou | |
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Town, sub-prefecture, and commune | |
Coordinates: 4°25′N 7°21′W / 4.417°N 7.350°W | |
Country | Ivory Coast |
District | Bas-Sassandra |
Region | San-Pédro |
Department | Tabou |
Area | |
• Total | 429 km2 (166 sq mi) |
Population (2021 census)[2] | |
• Total | 62,719 |
• Density | 150/km2 (380/sq mi) |
• Town | 22,733[1] |
(2014 census) | |
Time zone | UTC+0 (GMT) |
Tabou is a town in the far southwest of Ivory Coast, near the border of Liberia. It is a sub-prefecture of and the seat of Tabou Department in San-Pédro Region, Bas-Sassandra District. Tabou is also a commune.
In 2021, the population of the sub-prefecture of Tabou was 62,719.[2]
Villages
The 32 villages of the sub-prefecture of Tabou and their population in 2014 are:[3]
- Bianké (304)
- Blédiéké (152)
- Boké (2 043)
- Dégné (191)
- Douke (97)
- Douopo (381)
- Gbaouloké (325)
- Gléroké (232)
- Gliké V1 (1 201)
- Gliké V3 (688)
- Hiépodioké (370)
- Ombloké (295)
- Sékréké (495)
- Souké (203)
- Tabou (22 733)
- Tolou (209)
- Yonaké (245)
- Besséréké (471)
- Boubélé (1 355)
- Déhié (1 537)
- Gliké V2 (719)
- Gliké Village (129)
- Gnadjipo (96)
- Gotouké (763)
- Guirou (352)
- Irodioké (223)
- Kabiadioké (182)
- Klatoué (312)
- Ménéké (1 481)
- Ouédjiré (837)
- Oulidié (46)
- Toulaké (323)
Climate
Tabou has a tropical monsoon climate under the Köppen climate classification, with a long wet season.
Climate data for Tabou, Ivory Coast | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 29.9 (85.8) | 30.6 (87.1) | 30.9 (87.6) | 31.3 (88.3) | 29.5 (85.1) | 27.8 (82.0) | 27.0 (80.6) | 26.4 (79.5) | 27.1 (80.8) | 28.2 (82.8) | 29.0 (84.2) | 29.3 (84.7) | 28.9 (84.0) |
Daily mean °C (°F) | 25.6 (78.1) | 26.5 (79.7) | 26.7 (80.1) | 26.7 (80.1) | 26.3 (79.3) | 25.3 (77.5) | 24.6 (76.3) | 24.2 (75.6) | 24.6 (76.3) | 25.3 (77.5) | 25.8 (78.4) | 25.6 (78.1) | 25.6 (78.1) |
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 21.5 (70.7) | 22.2 (72.0) | 22.4 (72.3) | 22.5 (72.5) | 22.8 (73.0) | 22.6 (72.7) | 22.0 (71.6) | 21.9 (71.4) | 22.1 (71.8) | 22.4 (72.3) | 22.4 (72.3) | 21.9 (71.4) | 22.2 (72.0) |
Average rainfall mm (inches) | 45.6 (1.80) | 43.1 (1.70) | 75.7 (2.98) | 134.1 (5.28) | 367.4 (14.46) | 544.3 (21.43) | 222.0 (8.74) | 154.3 (6.07) | 233.9 (9.21) | 169.3 (6.67) | 178.0 (7.01) | 130.8 (5.15) | 2,298.5 (90.5) |
Mean monthly sunshine hours | 197.7 | 191.5 | 195.8 | 201.3 | 157.9 | 90.3 | 94.4 | 83.8 | 84.1 | 185.6 | 210.9 | 188.6 | 1,881.9 |
Source: NOAA[4] |
References
- ^ "Ivory Coast: Districts, Major Cities & Localities - Population Statistics, Maps, Charts, Weather and Web Information". City Population. Archived from the original on 4 December 2023.
- ^ a b Citypopulation.de Population of the regions and sub-prefektures of Ivory Coast
- ^ Citypopulation.de Population of the localities in the sub-prefekture of Tabou
- ^ "Tabou Climate Normals 1961–1990". National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Retrieved 21 December 2015.