Dabakala

Dabakala is a town in northeast Ivory Coast. It is a sub-prefecture of and the seat of Dabakala Department in Hambol Region, Vallée du Bandama District. Dabakala is also a commune.

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Place details

Locality: Dabakala
Region: Vallée du Bandama
Country: Côte d’Ivoire
Population: 18,322
Timezone: Africa/Abidjan

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Key facts

Settlement.name: Dabakala
Settlement.settlement_type: Town, sub-prefecture, and commune
Settlement.pushpin_map: Ivory Coast
Settlement.pushpin_label_position: bottom
Settlement.pushpin_mapsize: 300
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Location in Ivory Coast
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1: District
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Vallée du Bandama
Settlement.subdivision_type2: Region
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Hambol
Settlement.subdivision_type3: Department
Settlement.subdivision_name3: Dabakala
Settlement.unit_pref: Metric
Settlement.area_total_km2: 1940
Settlement.population_as_of: 2021 census
Settlement.population_note: (2014 census)
Settlement.population_total: 78634

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Wikidata facts

Population: 78634
Elevation: 254

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Dabakala is a town in northeast Ivory Coast. It is a sub-prefecture of and the seat of Dabakala Department in Hambol Region, Vallée du Bandama District. Dabakala is also a commune.

Under the Wassoulou Empire, Dabakala was a major center of the arms industry, with 3-400 blacksmiths building functional copies of European repeater rifles to use in their struggle against French colonial forces.