Djouroutou is a town in south-western Ivory Coast. It is a sub-prefecture of Tabou Department in San-Pédro Region, Bas-Sassandra District. The town is 11 kilometres east of the border with Liberia.
A large portion of the north-eastern area of the sub-prefecture lies within Taï National Park.
Djouroutou was a commune until March 2012, when it became one of 1,126 communes nationwide that were abolished."Le gouvernement ivoirien supprime 1126 communes, et maintient 197 pour renforcer sa politique de décentralisation en cours", news.abidjan.net, 7 March 2012.
In 2014, the population of the sub-prefecture of Djouroutou was 71,651.
Villages The seventeen villages of the sub-prefecture of Djouroutou and their population in 2014 are:
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