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Grand-Lahou
Town, sub-prefecture, and commune
Grand-Lahou Location in Ivory Coast
Coordinates: 5°8′N 5°1′W
Country	Ivory Coast
District	Lagunes
Region	Grands-Ponts
Department	Grand-Lahou
Area
• Total	1,100 km2 (420 sq mi)
Population  (2021 census)
• Total	77,479
• Density	70/km2 (180/sq mi)
• Town	28,470
	(2014 census)
Time zone	UTC+0 (GMT)

Grand-Lahou [gʁɑ̃.la.u] 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.

In 2021, the population of the sub-prefecture of Grand-Lahou was 77,479.

Villages

The twenty villages of the sub-prefecture of Grand-Lahou and their population in 2014 are:

1. Ahouniansou (1,390)
2. Betesso (969)
3. Braffedon (3,587)
4. Djidjikro (4,393)
5. Grand-Lahou (28,470)
6. Groguida (1,063)
7. Groguida V1 (2,858)
8. Katchekan (323)
9. Katchekpli (726)
10. Lahou-Kpanda (2,127)
11. Liboli (1,885)
12. Likpilassie (632)
13. Mackey (2,103)
14. N'zida-Zoukouboli (350)
15. Nandibo 1 (1,396)
16. Nandibo 2 (3,012)
17. Palmci Dioulabougou (1,097)
18. Palmci Yocoboue (1,746)
19. Tiéviéssou (7,450)
20. Tieviessou Phci (1,906)