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Yamoussoukro
Yamoussoukro is an African city located in the Republic of Cote d’Ivoire (Ivory Coast), and it represents its administrative and national capital since it was moved from Abidjan in 1983 AD. In addition, it is considered as the main urban center in the Republic, to As well as being an important industrial and cultural hub.
Yamoussoukro city location and area
The city of Yamoussoukro is located in the African Republic of Cote d’Ivoire (Ivory Coast), specifically in the south-central corner of the country, in the area between the Marahout and Nzie rivers, and about 274 km to the northwest of the city of Abidjan, which was the former capital of the Republic, which is It is located on a land about 200 meters above sea level, and its borders occupy a geographical area of 3,500 square kilometers. As for astronomically speaking, the city of Yamoussoukro is located on the longitude (05 ° 17 ′) and the latitude (06 ° 49 ′).
Climate of Yamoussoukro
The city of Yamoussoukro is affected by a hot and humid climate in general, due to its geographical location and its surface appearances. Tropical conditions prevail, the temperature is high, and the weather is dry between November and March, and the rains begin to occur from time to time between May / May and November, knowing that rain can be heavy sometimes.
The growth and development of the city of Yamoussoukro
Yamoussoukro was in the last years of the seventies of the twentieth century a small city with only 20 thousand people, and with its taking as the administrative capital of the country in 1983 AD, Yamoussoukro became an important national administrative center in the country, and attention was drawn to it, and it received the attention of the competent authorities, so a strong infrastructure was established. And hotels and a highway linking it with the former capital of the country (the city of Abidjan), but this interest and development gradually declined with the death of the country’s president, Hovuit Bouani in 1993 AD, and then the real directions began to transfer the government headquarters from the former capital to Yamoussoukro after the year 2001 AD.
