Comoé National Park is the largest in Côte d'Ivoire and one of the largest in West Africa. It straddles the departments of Téhini and Doropo to the north, Bouna to the north-east, Nassian to the south and Dabakala to the south-east, as well as Kong to the west and north-west. With an area of 1,148,756 hectares, it was classified in 1983 as a UNESCO World Heritage Site as a biosphere reserve.