Content Starts Here
Yamoussoukro
Encyclopaedia Search
Yamoussoukro
Capital since 1983 of Côte d'Ivoire; population (1998) 155,800, (2007 calc) 205,700. The city is in Bouaké department and lies northwest of Abidjan. The economy is based on tourism, fishing, agricultural trade and production, and petroleum distribution to the surrounding region. Other industries include forestry and perfume manufacture.
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. The city also has a large mosque.
© Research Machines plc 2008. All rights reserved. Helicon Publishing is a division of Research Machines plc.
Advertisement starts
Advertisement ends
Related Links
Chile Flag
White stands for the snowy peaks of the Andes. Red symbolizes the blood shed by the freedom fighters. Blue represents the clear Andean skies. Effective date: c. 18 October 1817.
>>
Advertorial
Find out how to buy the things you've always wanted and sell the things you don't on ebay.
Advertisement starts
Advertisement ends
Font size
Mail
My account
Help
CommunityPage Footer
Print now
Send to a friend
Related articles
Related products
Access keys
You will need to use different key combinations in order to use access keys depending on your internet browser, find out which on our accessibility page.
- (0) Navigate to Accessibility page.
- (1) Navigate to Home page.
- (2) Navigate to My email.
- (3) Navigate to My Account.
- (4) Navigate to Site Map page.
- (5) Navigate to Contact us page.
- (6) Navigate to Members channel.
- (7) Navigate to Services channel.
- (8) Navigate to News & Info channel.
- (9) Navigate to Entertainment channel.
- ([) Skip down to the Primary navigation block.
- (]) Skip down to the more links within this section block.
- (=) Bypass all navigation and jump to the content.