Kossou

Kossou
Town and sub-prefecture
Kossou Location in Ivory Coast
Coordinates: 7°0′N5°29′W / 7.000°N 5.483°W / 7.000; -5.483
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 1,126 communes nationwide that were abolished. ^[2]

Villages in the sub-prefecture include Zatta.

Notes

1. "Côte d'Ivoire". geohive.com. Retrieved 15 December 2015.
2. "Le gouvernement ivoirien supprime 1126 communes, et maintient 197 pour renforcer sa politique de décentralisation en cours", news.abidjan.net, 7 March 2012.