Zouan-Hounien

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Zouan-Hounien
Zouan-Hounien (Ivory Coast)
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Coordinates 6 ° 56 ′  N , 8 ° 14 ′  W Coordinates: 6 ° 56 ′  N , 8 ° 14 ′  W
Basic data
Country Ivory Coast

District

Mondays
Residents 82,434 (2014 census)

Zouan-Hounien 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 .

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, in the wake of the 2010/2011 government crisis , fighting between Laurent Gbagbo's government troops and the Forces Nouvelles (FN) took place in Zouan-Hounien for the first time in six years .

Individual evidence

  1. Results of the 2014 census . Retrieved January 7, 2016.
  2. Dominic Johnson : "There are corpses everywhere". In: the daily newspaper . February 25, 2011, accessed March 29, 2011 .