Yamoussoukro

Region

Yamoussoukro (Eng. also Jamussukro ) since March 1983, the capital of Ivory Coast ( Côte d' Ivoire). In Yamoussoukro 808,000 people ( as of 2009). This part of the capital of the Ivory Coast next to the nationwide economic center of Abidjan and Bouaké and Daloa the four largest cities in Côte d'Ivoire.

Yamoussoukro is located about 240 km north of the former capital Abidjan on mountains and prairies. The municipality comprises Yamoussoukro 3500 km ² and is bordered to the Department with the same name. This department is divided into four sub-districts: Attiégouakro, Didiévi, Tie Ndiékro and the Commune of Yamoussoukro. The District of Yamoussoukro comprises a total of 169 settlements. Current governor is N'Dri Koffi Apollinaire.

  • 3.1 colonial history
  • 3.2 history since independence

Origin of the name

Yamoussoukro The name was created by a renaming of the settlement N'Gokro in honor of a ruler of the Baule ( one of the largest ethnic groups of the Ivory Coast ) called Yamoussou. The suffix " Kro " is in the language of the Baule for the word " city ".

Geography

Location

Yamoussoukro is located in the center of the administrative region Lacs, 248 kilometers north of Abidjan. The metropolitan area is surrounded by the savannah. The District of Yamoussoukro is between 6 ° 15/7 ° 35 N and 4 ° 40/5 ° 40 W.

Climate

In Yamoussoukro has a tropical climate ( equatorial climate), which is divided into four seasons:

  • A long season from mid-November to mid-March, characterized in December and January by the presence of the harmattan, a north-east trade wind of Africa, which strongly influences the temperatures;
  • A long rainy season from mid-March to mid-July;
  • A short dry season from mid-July to mid-September;
  • A short rainy season from mid-September to mid-October.

In the rainy season it rains non-stop for several days. The average rainfall varies from 900 to 1100 mm annually with a large variation from year to year. The average temperature of the region is about 26 ° C. The relative humidity varies between 75 and 85 % with waste up to 40% during the Harmattan period and increases of 80 to 85% during the wet season.

History

Colonial history

During the French colonization, in 1901, Yamoussou was the ruler of the village N'Gokro. The settlement at that time numbered 475 inhabitants and was one of 129 villages of the Akoué, a subgroup of the Baule. The French and the Akoué built up diplomatic and business relationships, but in 1909 rebelled Akoué at the request of village chiefs of Djamlabo against the colonial administration. The seven kilometers from Yamoussoukro on the road to Boaflé located administrative posts Bonzi was lit. The French administrator, Simon Maurice, was spared only because of the intervention of Kouassi N'Go. This respected former leader, an uncle of Yamoussou could discourage Akoué of a war that would have led to a disaster. As the situation in the area had returned to normal, Simon Maurice decided that Bonzi had become unsafe and the French military post should move to N'Gokro. There the French administrator left a pyramid built in memory of Kouassi N'Go. In honor of the ruler Yamousso N'Gokro was renamed Yamoussoukro.

In 1919 the civilian administrative posts was dissolved. 1939, the subsequent Ivorian President Félix Houphouët-Boigny was the village chief of Yamoussoukro.

The importance of the city remained quite low until the end of World War II, then was Syndicat Agricole Africain with the ( the African Agricultural syndicate ) a major company founded in Yamoussoukro. But only the independence of the Ivory Coast of France led to a sustained growth of the city.

History since independence

After 1964 President Félix Houphouët-Boigny had to erect ambitious plans for the city and began new building. One day in 1965, later known as the "great hour of Yamoussoukro ," he visited together with the leaders of the country the plantations and invited the farmers a to transfer the effort and agricultural achievements of the region around Yamoussoukro on their territories. On July 21, 1977 Houphouët offered his plantations in the state.

In March 1983 Yamoussoukro became the political and administrative capital of the Ivory Coast. This was the fourth relocation of the capital in just a century. The previous capitals of the Ivory Coast Grand Bassam were (1893 ), Binger Ville ( 1900) and Abidjan ( 1933). The majority of the economic activities of the country is, however, still held in Abidjan.

Yamoussoukro was taken on the afternoon of March 30, 2011 as part of the government crisis in 2010/2011 by fighters of the Forces Républicaines de Côte d' Ivoire.

Attractions

Felix Houphouet -Boigny in Yamoussoukro was modeled after St. Peter's Basilica is one of the largest churches in Christendom, the Basilica Notre- Dame de la Paix, and establish a number of other state buildings.

Sons and daughters of the town

  • Félix Houphouët- Boigny (1905-1993), first president of Ivory Coast
  • Douk Saga (1974-2006), singer and performer
  • Gnohéré Arthur (born 1978 ), football player
  • Narcisse Bonan ( born 1984 ), football player
  • Cheik Tioté ( born 1986 ), football player
  • Seydou Doumbia (* 1987), football player
  • Koffi Kacou (* 1987), football player
  • Thierry Doubaï (* 1988), football player
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