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  Yamoussoukro - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Yamoussoukro, a city of 200,000 [1] inhabitants located 240 kilometers North of Abidjan, is the administrative capital of Côte d'Ivoire.
In 1919, the civil station of Yamoussoukro was removed, and Félix Houphouët-Boigny became the leader of the village in 1939.
Yamoussoukro is also the site of what is claimed to be tallest Christian place of worship on Earth: The Basilica of Our Lady of Peace of Yamoussoukro, consecrated by Pope John Paul II on September 10, 1990.
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 Yamoussoukro   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Yamoussoukro a town of 100 000 inhabitants 240 kilometers North of Abidjan is the administrative capital of Côte d'Ivoire.
In 1919 the civil station of Yamoussoukro was and Félix Houphouët-Boigny became the leader of the village 1939.
Yamoussoukro is also the site of the Christian place of worship on Earth: The Basilica of Our Lady of Peace of consecrated by Pope John Paul II on September 10 1990.
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 Yamoussoukro   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Yamoussoukro, a town of 100,000 inhabitants located 240 kilometers North of Abidjan, is the administrative capital of Côted'Ivoire.
In 1919, the civil station of Yamoussoukro was removed, and Félix Houphouët-Boigny became the leader of the village in1939.
Yamoussoukro is also the site of the tallest Christian place of worship on Earth: The Notre-Dame de la Paix Basilica, consecrated by Pope John Paul II on September 10, 1990.
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 NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Yamoussoukro   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Daloa is a town in Cote dIvoire lying west of Yamoussoukro and has a population of over 100,000.
Yamoussoukro, a town of 100,000 inhabitants located 240 kilometers North of Abidjan, is the administrative capital of Côte d'Ivoire.
Yamoussoukro's development (especially the cathedral) drew popular criticism for its extravagance during a difficult economic period.
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 NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Basilica of Our Lady of Peace of Yamoussoukro   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The Basilica of Our Lady of Peace of Yamoussoukro, also known as Basilique de Notre Dame de la Paix de Yamoussoukro, is the largest and tallest place of worship in Africa.
Situated in Yamoussoukro, the administrative capital of Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast), the basilica was constructed between 1985 and 1989 for a cost of USD $300 million and intentionally modeled after the Basilica of Saint Peter in Rome.
Côte d'Ivoire President Félix Houphouët-Boigny chose his birthplace of Yamoussoukro to be the future site of the new capital city of his country in 1983.
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 Basilica of Our Lady of Peace of Yamoussoukro - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The cornerstone was laid on August 10, 1985, and was consecrated on September 10, 1990, by Pope John Paul II.
The nearby Cathedral of Saint Augustin is the principal place of worship and seat of the bishop of the Diocese of Yamoussoukro.
The Basilica of Our Lady of Peace of Yamoussoukro was built as a memorial to Côte d'Ivoire President Félix Houphouët-Boigny, the principal planner of the project.
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 Yamoussoukro - Free-Definition   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Yamoussoukro, ville de 100 000 habitants, située à 240 kilomètres au nord d'Abidjan, est la capitale administrative de la Côte d'Ivoire.
En mars 1983, Yamoussoukro est devenue la capitale politique et administrative de la Côte d'Ivoire, après, en un siècle, Grand-Bassam (1893), Bingerville (1900) et Abidjan (1933).
Yamoussoukro abrite le plus grand lieu de culte chrétien de la Terre, la basilique Notre-Dame de la Paix, consacrée par le pape Jean-Paul II le 10 septembre 1990.
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 Yamoussoukro - Wikipedia
Yamoussoukro ist seit März 1983 die Hauptstadt der Elfenbeinküste (Côte d'Ivoire).
Yamoussoukro liegt im Zentrum des Landes, etwa 230 Kilometer nördlich der früheren Hauptstadt Abidjan.
Yamoussoukro ist die Geburtsstadt von Felix Houphouet-Boigny, dem ersten Präsidenten der Elfenbeinküste.
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 Yamoussoukro, Cote d' Ivoire (Ivory Coast) - Current News & Information
YAMOUSSOUKRO, Ivory Coast : Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo said he would announce from the rebel stronghold of Bouake that "war is over" in the west...
Concerning air transport, the Minister said ECOWAS was encouraging the application of the Yamoussoukro declaration on the liberalisation of air transport and...
The release of prisoners of war was confirmed in a meeting held on Thursday in the capital, Yamoussoukro, 266 km north of Abidjan.
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 Yamoussoukro.info - AfricanCities.net
But, in 1909, on the orders of the Chief of Djamlabo, the Akoué revolted against the administration and Bonzi station, seven kilometres from Yamoussoukro on the Bouaflé road, was set on fire.
Yamoussoukro, the small agricultural town, remained in the shadows until after the war.
In March 1983, Yamoussoukro became the political and administrative capital of the Côte d'Ivoire.
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 Yamoussoukro - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Yamoussoukro
The economy is based on tourism, fishing, agricultural trade and production, and petroleum distribution to the surrounding region.
The Roman Catholic Yamoussoukro Basilica (said to be the largest church in the world) was completed in 1989 and consecrated by Pope John Paul II in 1990.
Yamoussoukro was the birthplace, home, and unofficial headquarters of Félix Houphouët-Boigny, president of Côte d'Ivoire 1960–93, and became a major urban centre under his influence.
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 SST in the CÈte d'Ivoire
Yamoussoukro was little more than a village until Houphouït-Boigny came to power in 1960 (he was president until 1993) and started building it up, naming it the official capital in 1983.
Yamoussoukro now numbers about 200,000 people (Abidjan has about 2 million).
When we arrived in the capital, the Basilica could be seen off to the left looming large and expansive in the distance.
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 Yamoussoukro on Encyclopedia.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
He sponsored the city's rapid growth, which included hotels and a large highway connecting Yamoussoukro to the former capital of Abidjan, where most government offices and foreign embassies remain.
Nigerian aviation expert calls for implementation of Yamoussoukro accord.
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 Basilica of our lady of peace of yamoussoukro - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
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 Yamoussoukro, Cote d'Ivoire, Pictures
Yamoussoukro, city in south central Côte d'Ivoire, the official capital of the country, in Yamoussoukro Department.
Yamoussoukro's economy depends on inland fisheries, forest industries, and perfumeries.
Yamoussoukro was the birthplace and longtime residence of former President Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Côte d'Ivoire's only head of state from independence in 1960 until his death in 1993.
www.greatestcities.com /Africa/Cote_d_Ivoire/Yamoussoukro_city_state_capital.html   (236 words)

  
 Travel in Yamoussoukro Cote d'Ivoire Culture
Côte d'Ivoire with capital city YAMOUSSOUKRO is located in the northern hemisphere between the Tropic of Cancer and the equator and opens to the Atlantic Ocean in the Gulf of Guinea.
The forest is spread all over the Southern part of the country (pale green zone on the map).
It is limited in the South by the coast of the Gulf of Guinea and in the North by an axis going from Man in the West, down to the region of Yamoussoukro in the South and up again near Bondoukou in the Eastern part of the country.
www.africatravelling.net /cote_divoire/yamoussoukro/yamoussoukro_culture.htm   (1275 words)

  
 Peace Corps Online | September 28, 2002 - The Guardian: Second Ivory Coast City Evacuated
YAMOUSSOUKRO, Ivory Coast (AP) - French and U.S. forces launched an air evacuation Sunday of a second threatened Ivory Coast city, swooping in by helicopters to pluck up Westerners in the remote, rebel-held city of Korhogo.
French and U.S. C-130 military cargo planes brought the evacuees to Yamoussoukro, capital of Ivory Coast and staging area for Western rescue missions in the once-tranquil West African nation's deadliest-ever rebellion.
As three buses carrying the latest American evacuees left Yamoussoukro's airport, escorted by a U.S. humvee, reports of gunfire in the capital reached the airport, and the buses and Americans quickly returned.
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 Vacanze Yamoussoukro su Viaggi-Vacanze   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
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Burkina Faso) e Bamako (Mali) con Abidjan e Yamoussoukro in Costa d'Avorio...
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 Peace Corps Online | September 29, 2002 - Christian Science Monitor: Ivory Coast braces for civil war
At the Yamoussoukro airport, Westerners and a few African nationals filed off deafening C-130 cargo planes, clutching backpacks and trailing rolling suitcases.
YAMOUSSOUKRO, IVORY COAST — What began as an apparent coup attempt in Ivory Coast's commercial center, Abidjan, is looking increasingly like the prelude to civil war.
The country is now effectively partitioned, with rebel soldiers controlling most of the country's major northern cities and many of the smaller district centers between the north and the south.
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 Pub Yamoussoukro su Viaggi-Vacanze
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Bouaflé (IV09); Béoumi, Mbahiakro, Sakassou, Toumodi, and Yamoussoukro split from Bouaké (IV10); Vavoua split from...
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 Displaced people face shortages in Yamoussoukro   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
YAMOUSSOUKRO, 21 Nov 2003 (IRIN) - A shortage of food and medical aid is threatening the lives of several thousands of displaced people living in Cote d’ivoire’s administrative capital, Yamoussoukro, a Catholic nun told IRIN on Thursday.
Yamoussoukro, 266 km north of Abidjan and an hour away from the rebel-held town of Bouake, has some 27,500 internally displaced people (IDPs) living in 4 major camps and with host families.
Ade said a portion of the Japanese fund would be used to conduct sex-education campaign in Yamoussoukro and in the western town of Duekoue.
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 yamoussoukro
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Capitale officielle depuis le 21 mars 1983, Yamoussoukro, village natal de l'ex-Président Houphouët-Boigny, le devenait depuis quelques années officieusement, mais de plus en plus clairement.
Elle fonctionnait à Abidjan depuis 1963 et fut transférée à Yamoussoukro le 10 octobre 1979.
Tandis que s'affirmait la vocation universitaire de Yamoussoukro, avant même qu'elle ne soit officiellement capitale, la ville accueillait de plus en plus souvent le Président et avec lui des personnalités ivoiriennes ou étrangères.
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 AllRefer.com - Yamoussoukro, Ivory Coast (Cote D'Ivoire Political Geography) - Encyclopedia
A small town of less than 20,000 people until the late 1970s, Yamoussoukro was designated in 1983 to become the new national capital and an adminstrative and transportation center.
Perfume and fishing industries are in the city.
The city also has the world's largest Christian church, Our Lady of Peace Yamoussoukro, which rises to a height of 489 ft (149 m) and was dedicated in 1990 by Pope John Paul II.
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 attractions in yamoussoukro
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 Army Times - News - More News.
YAMOUSSOUKRO, Ivory Coast — Thousands of panicked residents tried to flee on foot Friday from Bouake —; a rebel-held city in central Ivory Coast — but were turned back by loyalist soldiers on the outskirts of town.
Under protection of U.S. and French troops, missionaries and their families and other foreign residents were lined up at the airstrip in Yamoussoukro for evacuation to neighboring Ghana.
In Yamoussoukro, Tim Downs’ voice broke as he spoke of leaving a country he has called home for 15 years.
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 The Epoch Times | Ivory Coast Military Detains Hundreds in Capital
He said they told him they were afraid armed rebels had infiltrated Yamoussoukro following a friendship soccer match against the army on September 21.
He said that the sweeps follow growing insecurity in Yamoussoukro, including residential attacks, even murder.
He says officers are checking the papers of those detained and if the documents are in order they are released.
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 AngolaPress - News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Yamoussoukro, Côte d`Ivoire, 03/02 - Invited by Prime Minister Charles Konan Banny for a roundtable discussions in Yamoussoukro, "the major four leaders" of Côte d`Ivoire`s political life expressed satisfaction after the meeting, which aimed at encouraging the resumption of political dialogue to move the peace process forward.
Soro described the Yamoussoukro summit as very important because it allowed to "bring up to date the accords and commitments already made".
The meeting of the "four major political leaders" was part of the implementation of one of the recommendations from the governmental seminar organised 9-11 February 2006 in Yamoussoukro on the return to political dialogue between the main political leaders, particularly the signatories to the Pretoria Accord.
www.angolapress-angop.ao /noticia-e.asp?ID=421278   (604 words)

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