Yamoussoukro
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Yamoussoukro is the capital city of Ivory Coast and an autonomous district. As of the 2014 census, Yamoussoukro is the third most populous city in the Ivory Coast, with a population of 361,893. Locate
Yamoussoukro panorama
Notre dame de la paix yamoussoukro by felix krohn
Aéroport national de Yamoussoukro 1
Yamoussoukro panoramio
Félix Houphouët-Boigny
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Félix Houphouët-Boigny, affectionately called Papa Houphouët or Le Vieux, was an Ivorian politician and physician who served as the first president of Ivory Coast, from 1960 until his death in 1993. A
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…who was assassinated in 1910 by Akoué rebels, accusing him of being too close to the French. In 1919, the civil station of Yamoussoukro was removed. Félix Houphouët-Boigny became the leader of the village in 1939. A long period passed wherein Yamoussoukro, still a small agricultural town, remained in the shadows. This…
Houphouët-Boigny in 1962
The Palais Bourbon, where Houphouët-Boigny was appointed to the territorial commission
Houphouët-Boigny in 1958
Boigny with Israeli prime minister Golda Meir, 1962