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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.

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Place details

Locality
Abengourou
Region
Comoé
Country
Côte d’Ivoire
Population
130,810
Timezone
Africa/Abidjan

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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

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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)

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Encyclopedic overview

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Contents
  • Notable people
  • Villages
  • References
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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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