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Yamoussoukro city overview
Yamoussoukro is a city in Ivory Coast shaped by its region, population, local economy, landmarks, climate and civic history. This overview summarizes the city itself: where it sits, what defines it, which places anchor its identity and why it matters within the wider country.
City facts
Known forYamoussoukro, Capital city in Ivory Coast, Yamoussoukro planning base 3, Yamoussoukro planning base 4
RegionIvory CoastIvory Coast
Time zoneAfrica/Abidjanlocal time
Founded1893historical origin
City history
Ivory Coast's previous capital cities were Grand-Bassam (1893), Bingerville (1900), and Abidjan (1933).
Diplomatic and commercial relations were then established, but in 1909, on the orders of the Chief of Djamlabo, the Akoué revolted against the administration.
Félix Houphouët-Boigny became the leader of the village in 1939.
In 1950, the village comprised 500 inhabitants. Since independence After 1964, the President Félix Houphouët-Boigny made ambitious plans and started to build.
One day in 1965, later called the Great Lesson of Yamoussoukro, he visited the plantations with the leaders of the county, inviting them to transpose to their own villages the efforts and agricultural achievements.
In March 1983, President Houphouët-Boigny made Yamoussoukro the political and administrative capital of Ivory Coast, as the city was his birthplace.
The Yamoussoukro International Airport had an average of six hundred passengers and 36 flights in 1995.
In 2011, the department was abolished and the autonomous district of Yamoussoukro was created and separated from the rest of Lacs, which became a separate district.
Due to the desertification of the Sahara, many moved south to avoid the harsh conditions.
The village of N'Gokro was renamed Yamoussoukro, the suffix Kro meaning town in Baoule.
This continued until after the Second World War, which saw the creation of the African Agricultural Union, as well as the first conferences of its chief.
This marked the fourth movement of the country's capital city in a century.
Most economic activity still takes place in Abidjan, and it is officially designated as the "economic capital" of the country.
It is one of two airports in Africa (with Gbadolite) that could accommodate the Concorde. Places of worship Among the places of worship are predominantly Christian churches and temples: Roman Catholic Diocese of Yamoussoukro.
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Yamoussoukro
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Capital city in Ivory Coast
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Stay overview
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Hotels & areas
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Transport notes
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