Yamoussoukro, located 240 kilometres North of Abidjan, is the administrative
capital of Côte d'Ivoire.
In 1983, President Felix Houphouet-Boigny moved the capital of Cote d'Ivoire
from Abidjan to his hometown Yamoussoukro. This made the official capital Yamoussoukro,
but many government offices still remain in Abidjan.
The city is therefore a very recent capital, but that’s quite frequent
in Côte d'Ivoire!
Yamoussoukro became the political and administrative capital after, considering
only one century, Large-Bassam (1893), Bingerville (1900) and Abidjan (1933).
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