Daloa
Sign in to saveDaloa is a city in western Ivory Coast. It is the seat of both the Sassandra-Marahoué District and the Haut-Sassandra Region. It is also the seat of and a sub-prefecture of Daloa Department. Daloa is also a commune. In the 2014 census, the city had a population of 245,360, making it the third-largest city in the country. It lies to the west of Yamoussoukro, the capital of Ivory Coast. Daloa is an important trading centre, particularly for cocoa. The city is served by Daloa Airport and is home to the Roman Catholic Diocese of Daloa, with its cathedral at Cathédrale du Christ-Roi.
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Place details
- Locality
- Daloa
- Region
- Sassandra-Marahoué
- Country
- Côte d’Ivoire
- Population
- 421,871
- Timezone
- Africa/Abidjan
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Key facts
- Settlement.elevation_m
- 299
- Settlement.name
- Daloa
- Settlement.settlement_type
- City, sub-prefecture, and commune
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Rond-point de Daloa 01.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Daloa rond-point.
- Settlement.image_shield
- Daloa blason.ngw2.jpg
- 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
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human settlement
- Country
- Ivory Coast
- Located in
- Daloa Department
- Population
- +173107
- Area
- +5305
- Elevation
- +299
- Time zone
- Greenwich Mean Time
- Capital of
- Daloa Department
- Shares border with
- Vavoua Department
- Image
- CENTRE CULTUREL DE DALOA COTE D'IVOIRE.jpg
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- History
- Civil War
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- Villages
- Fauna
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- Twin towns
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Daloa is a city in western Ivory Coast. It is the seat of both the Sassandra-Marahoué District and the Haut-Sassandra Region. It is also the seat of and a sub-prefecture of Daloa Department. Daloa is also a commune. In the 2014 census, the city had a population of 245,360, making it the third-largest city in the country. It lies to the west of Yamoussoukro, the capital of Ivory Coast. Daloa is an important trading centre, particularly for cocoa. The city is served by Daloa Airport and is home to the Roman Catholic Diocese of Daloa, with its cathedral at Cathédrale du Christ-Roi.
== History == ===Civil War=== thumb|left|Division of territory following the First Ivorian Civil War The town was repeatedly contested during the First Ivorian Civil War, which lasted from 2002 to 2004. Following the takeover of the town by the government on 16 October 2002, fifty civilians from the north were allegedly killed by government troops. Amnesty International described the killings as a "massacre", saying people in military uniform had killed people suspected of supporting the rebel Patriotic Movement of Côte d'Ivoire. The killings were allegedly based on their Muslim names or that the victims were nationals of Mali, Burkino Faso or Guinea. Côte d'Ivoire authorities ordered an inquiry but stated government forces had not been responsible. However, no charges were brought and the Ouagadougou Peace Agreement in March 2007 between President Laurent Gbagbo and rebel leader Guillaume Soro incorporated a general amnesty for crimes committed in this time, except for crimes against humanity, war crimes and economic crimes.