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Dabou
Town, sub-prefecture, and commune
Dabou Location in Ivory Coast
Coordinates: 5°19′N 4°23′W / 5.317°N 4.383°W / 5.317; -4.383[1]
Country	Ivory Coast
District	Lagunes
Region	Grands-Ponts
Department	Dabou
Area
• Total	190 sq mi (480 km2)
Population  (2021 census)[2]
• Total	138,083
• Density	750/sq mi (290/km2)
• Town	61,942[3]
	(2014 census)
Time zone	UTC+0 (GMT)

Dabou is a port town in southern Ivory Coast. It is the seat of both the Lagunes District and the Grands-Ponts Region. It is also the seat of and a sub-prefecture of the Dabou Department. Dabou is also a commune.

The town is served by Dabou Airport. Writer Regina Yaou was born in the town.

In 2021, the population of the sub-prefecture of Dabou was 138,083.^[2]

The sixteen villages of the sub-prefecture of Dabou and their populations in 2014 are:^[4]

• Aristide Bahin (born 1987), footballer
• Christian Koffi (born 1990), footballer
• Regina Yaou (1955–2017), writer