Abidjan

In a way, the history of the west African nation of Ivory Coast parallels that of Ghana, with both nations as models of modern Africa. The counterpart in Ivory Coast to Ghana's Kwame Nkrumah is Felix Houphouet-Boigny, the founder of Ivory Coast. Politically and economically, Nkrumah leaned to the left and Houphouet-Boigny to the right, and this precluded any alliance between the two neighbors.

Like the other west African nations, Ivory Coast has it's largest city on the coast. The largest city of Ivory Coast is Abidjan. The following scenes are of the central district of Abidjan, the area known as Plateau.

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These are some more scenes around the center of Abidjan.

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This is to the south of the center of Abidjan, known as Treichville.

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This part of Abidjan is Marcory.

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These views of Abidjan are in the area known as Abattoir.

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This is to the west of the central part of Abidjan.

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These are newer developments in the northern part of Abidjan.

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This is more of the northern part of Abidjan, which is further inland from the ocean.

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Did you know that the largest church building in the world is in the Ivory Coast? Yamoussoukro is actually the capital of Ivory Coast, not the much-larger city of Abidjan. The founder of the modern Ivory Coast, Felix Houphouet-Boigny, moved the capital to his hometown and built the church there. The population of west Africa has shifted from inland to the major cities of the coast, and this is another example of emphasizing African heritage in the modern nations by moving the capital back inland.

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