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. In 2021, the population of the sub-prefecture of Dabakala was 78,634.

Villages

The 25 villages of the sub-prefecture of Dabakala and their population in 2014 are: • # Bakoro Séoula (374) • # Bakoro Sobara (1 139) • # Boniérédougou (3 002) • # Bounadougou (1 125) • # Broubrou Dioulasso (464) • # Kahatadougou (147) • # Karpélé (1 224) • # Kayoulo (551) • # Kokolo (335) • # Koundodougou (1 779) • # Loniéné (894) • # Oualéguéra (728) • # Palagadougou (504) • # Souroukoudougou (937) • # Tiékélédougou (411) • # Tienguindougou (1 737) • # Tossiondougou (287) • # Yéoulesso (355) • # Bokala Noumousso (1 205) • # Bokala-Niampondougou (1 688) • # Gboly Carrefour (1 006) • # Kofila (725) • # Pinsolodougou (1 383) • # Sendé (639) • # Souleymanekaha (626)