Danané

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Danané
Danané (Ivory Coast)
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Coordinates 7 ° 16 ′  N , 8 ° 9 ′  W Coordinates: 7 ° 16 ′  N , 8 ° 9 ′  W
Basic data
Country Ivory Coast

District

Mondays
height 343 m
Residents 104,672 (2014 census)

Danané is a place in the West African Republic of the Ivory Coast . It is located in the west of the country and is close to the border with the Republic of Liberia in the province of Dix-Huit Montagnes .

According to the 2014 census, the city has 104,672 inhabitants.

As a result of the civil war in the Republic of Ivory Coast, which has not yet ended, the armistice line runs near the city in accordance with the Treaty of Ouagadougou . On February 24, 2011, fighting between Laurent Gbagbo's government troops and the Forces Nouvelles (FN) took place in Zouan-Hounien and Danané for the first time in six years .

Individual evidence

  1. a b Results of the 2014 census (PDF, p. 19.) Retrieved on January 6, 2016.
  2. Dominic Johnson : "There are corpses everywhere". In: The daily newspaper. February 25, 2011, accessed March 29, 2011 .