Cocody

Cocody
	Cocody
	Cocody
Basic data
District :	Abidjan
Department :	Abidjan
Mayor :	Jean-Baptiste Gomont Diagou
Coordinates :	5 ° 21 ′ N , 3 ° 59 ′ W Coordinates: 5 ° 21 ′ N , 3 ° 59 ′ W
Area :	64 km²
Residents :	447,055 (2014 census)

Cocody is a city in the Abidjan district in the south of the Ivory Coast . Before the decentralization carried out in 2002, Cocody was a district of the then city of Abidjan (today's district).

Infrastructure

Cocody covers an area of 64 km² and in 1998 had 251,741 inhabitants according to the national electoral authorities. It is considered a very good residential area. In the fine residential areas on the Riviera of the Ébrié lagoon as well as in the younger quarters of Deux Plateaux , it is mainly diplomats, government officials and the rich who reside. Accordingly, the image is shaped by spacious villas and country estates in the so-called colonial style, for which the city is known in architectural circles. The presidential residence is also here and not in the capital, Yamoussoukro .

In addition, Cocody is home to the Félix Houphouët-Boigny State University and several private universities. Other well-known companies based in Cocody are the state radio, Radiodiffusion-Télévision ivoirienne (RTI), and the Hotel Ivoire , the only hotel in Africa with an ice rink , the Pasteur Institute , which was founded in 1972 and an immense two-story market hall in which Everything is offered that can be bought in terms of African handicraft.

Location of Cocodys within the Abidjan district

history

The presidential residence of Laurent Gbagbo was besieged by units of the Forces républicaines de Côte d'Ivoire from the morning of April 1 in the wake of the 2010/2011 government crisis .

The headquarters of the state broadcaster, RTI, was also fiercely contested during the government crisis.

Culture

Movie

The city inspired Alain Poiré and Christian-Jaque for the 1964 film Le gentleman de Cocody, made with Jean Marais , Philippe Clay and Liselotte Pulver .

music

The song Cocody Rock by reggae singer Alpha Blondy from the Ivory Coast is about Cocody.

Town twinning

Alfortville

Individual evidence

↑ Results of the 2014 census . Retrieved January 7, 2016.
↑ Dominic Johnson : Battle for Abidjan. In: the daily newspaper. April 1, 2011, accessed April 5, 2011 .
↑ Thomas Scheen: Brutal fight for Abidjan. In: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung . April 1, 2011, accessed April 11, 2011 .

[1] Results of the 2014 census . Retrieved January 7, 2016.

[Schlacht-2] Dominic Johnson : Battle for Abidjan. In: the daily newspaper. April 1, 2011, accessed April 5, 2011 .

[FAZBrutale-3] Thomas Scheen: Brutal fight for Abidjan. In: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung . April 1, 2011, accessed April 11, 2011 .