Port-Bouët
Port-Bouët is a district of the Ivorian city of Abidjan . It is located in the southeast of Abidjan, south of the Ébrié lagoon . The lagoon separates the spit in front of it and the alluvial land from the mainland. Abidjan International Airport is in Port-Bouët.
Population according to the 2014 census 419,033.
In Port-Bouët there are refineries of the Société Ivoirienne de Raffinage (SIR), the international airport Félix Houphouët-Boigny , but also the slum district of Quartier Adjouffou .
The headquarters of the Licorne Opération are also located in Port-Bouët.
history
On the night of December 3rd to 4th, 2010, there were violent exchanges of fire between the gendarmerie and unknown attackers, presumably from the Commandos Invisible, in Port-Bouët .
sons and daughters of the town
- Eugène Koffi Kouamé , football player
Individual evidence
- ↑ Dominic Johnson : Shot, Hacked, Displaced. In: the daily newspaper. March 9, 2011, accessed April 1, 2011 .
- ↑ Results of the 2014 census . Retrieved January 7, 2016.
- ↑ a b Troubles in the Ivory Coast. In: The time . December 4, 2010, accessed May 6, 2011 .
Coordinates: 5 ° 15 ′ N , 3 ° 57 ′ W