Yaou is a town in southeastern Ivory Coast. It is a sub-prefecture of Aboisso Department in Sud-Comoé Region, Comoé District.
Yaou 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 Yaou was 19,004.
Villages The three villages of the sub-prefecture of Yaou and their population in 2014 are: Ebikro-N'dakro (5,374) Sanhoukro (5,916) Yaou (7,714)
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