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|subdivision_name1      = [[Montagnes District|Montagnes]]
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|subdivision_name2      = [[Tonkpi]]
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|subdivision_name3      = [[Zouan-Hounien Department|Zouan-Hounien]]
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'''Goulaleu''' is a town in the far west of [[Ivory Coast]]. It is a [[sub-prefectures of Ivory Coast|sub-prefecture]] of [[Zouan-Hounien Department]] in [[Tonkpi Region]], [[Montagnes District]]. The town is five kilometres east of the border with [[Liberia]].
Goulaleu was a [[Communes of Ivory Coast|commune]] until March 2012, when it became one of 1126 communes nationwide that were abolished.<ref>[http://news.abidjan.net/h/428492.html "Le gouvernement ivoirien supprime 1126 communes, et maintient 197 pour renforcer sa politique de décentralisation en cours"], ''news.abidjan.net'', 7 March 2012.</ref>
In 2014, the population of the sub-prefecture of Goulaleu was 20,479.<ref name=Tonkpi>{{cite web|title=RGPH 2014, Répertoire des localités, Région Tonkpi|url=http://www.ins.ci/n/documents/rgph/TONKPI.pdf|website=ins.ci|accessdate=5 August 2019}}</ref>
==Villages==
The twenty four villages of the sub-prefecture of Goulaleu and their population in 2014 are:<ref name=Tonkpi/>
{{Columns-list|colwidth=22em|
# Dohoupleu (1 024)
# Douéleu (572)
# Féapleu (173)
# Ganleu (622)
# Gbampleu (777)
# Glareu (875)
# Glèpleu (2 061)
# Gliouleu (840)
# Gouantouo (721)
# Goulaleu (1 969)
# Gouopleu (625)
# Gueidépleu (550)
# Guiamapleu (2 370)
# Kéatouo (675)
# Koleu (140)
# Kplanleu (571)
# Mampleu (424)
# Méapleu (755)
# Séipleu (1 313)
# Souapleu 1 (700)
# Tapleu (990)
# Yéipleu (392)
# Yomipleu (542)
# Zéitouo (798)
}}
==Notes==
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{{Tonkpi Region subdivisions}}
[[Category:Sub-prefectures of Tonkpi]]
[[Category:Former communes of Ivory Coast]]
{{Montagnes-geo-stub}}