Pauly (also spelled Pauli and Poli) is a coastal village in southwestern Ivory Coast. It is in the sub-prefecture of Sassandra, Sassandra Department, Gbôklé Region, Bas-Sassandra District. Pauly is sometimes subdivided into the villages of Pauly Brousse, which is half a kilometre inland, and Pauly Plage, which is on the seashore.
Pauly 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.
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