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Abengourou
Sign in to saveAbengourou is a city in eastern Ivory Coast. It is the seat of both Comoé District and Indénié-Djuablin Region. It is also a commune and the seat of and a sub-prefecture of Abengourou Department.
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Place details
- Locality
- Abengourou
- Region
- Comoé
- Country
- Côte d’Ivoire
- Population
- 130,810
- Timezone
- Africa/Abidjan
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Abengourou
- Settlement.nickname
- Cité royale de la paix (Royal city of peace)
- Settlement.settlement_type
- City, sub-prefecture, and commune
- Settlement.imagesize
- 300px
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Ivory Coast
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- bottom
- Settlement.pushpin_mapsize
- 300
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Ivory Coast
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Ivory Coast
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Comoé
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Region
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Indénié-Djuablin
- Settlement.subdivision_type3
- Department
- Settlement.subdivision_name3
- Abengourou
- Settlement.unit_pref
- Metric
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 757
via Wikipedia infobox
Travel guide
Understand
The area around Abengourou is a fertile forest landscape. Agricultural activities include the production of cacao and coffee, which are brought to Abengourou and sent on from there.
Get in
Abengourou lies along the road from Abidjan to the border with Ghana. It no longer has an airport of its own, Abengourou Airport ().
Travel guide from Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA 4.0)
~2 min read
Encyclopedic overview
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Abengourou is a city in eastern Ivory Coast. It is the seat of both Comoé District and Indénié-Djuablin Region. It is also a commune and the seat of and a sub-prefecture of Abengourou Department.
Abengourou is primarily populated by the Anyi ethnic group, a branch of the Akan people who migrated to the region from Ghana. In the 2021 census, the population of the sub-prefecture of Abengourou was 164,424. The city is served by Abengourou Airport. There is also the interior's largest hospital. There is an agricultural vocational training institute, along with a research station that specializes in the local crops of cocoa and coffee. These crops are then transported the to Abidjan for export.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Abengourou” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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