Daloa

Daloa lies in the forest country of the upper Sassandra, in a clearing crossed by the Tétégbeu stream. Bété and Gouro communities have long inhabited the surrounding district. Accounts of the settlement's origins name Gboto, a Bété, and Dalo, a Gouro. Before colonial rule, Bété communities around Daloa traded kola and maintained economic relations with Gouro neighbours and merchants from farther north, connecting the forest country with the savanna beyond it.

The later city of Gagnoa also lies nearby.