Daloa is a city in western Ivory Coast. It is the seat of both the Sassandra-Marahoué District and the Haut-Sassandra Region. It is also the seat of and a sub-prefecture of Daloa Department. Daloa is also a commune. In the 2014 census, the city had a population of 245,360, However, no charges were brought and the Ouagadougou Peace Agreement in March 2007 between President Laurent Gbagbo and rebel leader Guillaume Soro incorporated a general amnesty for crimes committed in this time, except for crimes against humanity, war crimes and economic crimes.

In February 2012, the International Criminal Court decided to investigate this incident.

Language

The Bété language, a Niger-Congo language belonging to the Kru branch, is spoken in Daloa.

Villages

The thirty four villages of the sub-prefecture of Daloa and their population in 2014 are:

Fauna

At least 30 amphibian species are found in Daloa and its surroundings. The following frog species have been recorded in Daloa.

;Arthroleptidae

  • Arthroleptis spp. (Arthroleptis poecilonotus complex)
  • Leptopelis spiritusnoctis
  • Leptopelis viridis (very common near human settlements)

;Bufonidae

  • Amietophrynus maculatus
  • Amietophrynus regularis (very common near human settlements)

;Dicroglossidae

  • Hoplobatrachus occipitalis (commonly sold in markets for human consumption)

;Hemisotidae

  • Hemisus marmoratus

;Hyperoliidae

  • Afrixalus dorsalis
  • Hyperolius concolor concolor (very common near human settlements)
  • Hyperolius fusciventris fusciventris
  • Hyperolius guttulatus
  • Hyperolius nitidulus
  • Hyperolius picturatus
  • Hyperolius sp.
  • Kassina schioetzi
  • Kassina senegalensis

;Microhylidae

  • Phrynomantis microps

;Phrynobatrachidae

  • Phrynobatrachus calcaratus
  • Phrynobatrachus francisci
  • Phrynobatrachus gutturosus
  • Phrynobatrachus latifrons

;Pipidae

  • Xenopus muelleri

;Ptychadenidae

  • Ptychadena bibroni
  • Ptychadena mascareniensis
  • Ptychadena oxyrhynchus
  • Ptychadena tournieri
  • Ptychadena pumilio
  • Ptychadena tellinii

;Ranidae

  • Amnirana albolabris
  • Amnirana galamensis

People

People from Daloa include:

  • the musician Ernesto Djédjé
  • the academic, politician and short-story writer, Séry Bailly
  • the historian and diplomat Pierre Kipré
  • the Celtic footballer Vakoun Issouf Bayo

Twin towns

Daloa is twinned with:

  • Pau, France, since 1984
  • Campinas, Brazil, since 1982

References