Daoukro

Daoukro
—  City  —
Daoukro Location in Côte d'Ivoire
Coordinates: 7°03′N 3°58′W / 7.05°N 3.967°W / 7.05; -3.967Coordinates: 7°03′N 3°58′W / 7.05°N 3.967°W / 7.05; -3.967[1]
Country	Côte d'Ivoire
Region	N'zi-Comoé
Department	Daoukro Department
Population (2010)
– Total	35,000
Time zone	GMT (UTC+0)

Daoukro is a town in Côte d'Ivoire, head of the Daoukro Department from the region of N'zi-Comoé, the center of the country. It has about 35,000 inhabitants in 2010.

Administration

A law of 1978^[2] established 27 full service municipalities in the territory of the country.

List of successive mayors

Date d'élection	Identité	Parti	Qualité	Statut
1980	Henri Konan Bédié	PDCI-RDA	Politician	elected
1985	Andoh Konan Jean	PDCI-RDA	Politician	elected
1990	Andoh Konan Jean	PDCI-RDA	Politician	elected
1995	Andoh Konan Jean	PDCI-RDA	Politician	elected
2001	Gnankou Konan	PDCI-RDA	Politician	elected

Demographics

Historical population of Daoukro

1975	1988	2010
12 575	12 777	36 684[3]

Education

Primary Education Public EPP Application

Secondary Education Public High School Modern High School Technical College Public College Modern College Modern College Ascension Modern College Ivoire Modern College Le Privilège College Mouhayé

Languages

Main article: Languages of Côte d'Ivoire

Since the independence, the official language throughout Côte d'Ivoire is French. The lingua franca, spoken and understood by the majority of the population, is Dioula but the vernacular of the region is Baoulé. The French actually spoken in the region, like Abidjan, is commonly called Ivorian Popular French or French Moussa^{[Note 1]} that is distinct from standard French pronunciation, and that makes it almost unintelligible to a French non-Ivorian. Another form of spoken French is Nouchi, a slang spoken mainly by young people and which is also the language in which two satirical magazines are written, Gbich! and Y Fohi. Since Daoukro Department receives many Ivorians from all over the country, all the vernacular languages of the country (about sixty) are practiced.

Sports

The competitions are held exclusively for chief town of the department, other areas do not have any dedicated infrastructure: The city has two football clubs, the RFC Daoukro, finalist of the Cup of Cote d'Ivoire football in 2002 , and AS Daoukro, which evolves Division Regional Championship, the equivalent of a "4th division" ^[4] and who play their home games at Daoukro Municipal Stadium. As in most cities, it is organized, informally, tournament football players to 7, very popular in Côte d'Ivoire, are called Maracanas. In 2008, Daoukro was a city-stage of the Tour of white gold : the stage was won by the rider Ivorian Balima Mahamadi.

Figures linked to the city

• Henri Konan Bédié (politician, president of the republic of 1995 to 1999, chairman of PDCI-RDA )
• Gnamien N'goran (homme politique, Minister of Economy and Finance de 1995 à 1999)
• Henriette Lagou, Minister of Social Action
• Lamine Konaté, representing RDR

Nearby cities

• Bocanda west.
• Agnibilékrou and Abengourou east.
• Dabakala north.
• Bongouanou south.

Surrounding villages

• Agni assikassou
• Prepessou

Notes and references

Notes

1. ^ If, in Abidjan and in the north, we're talking about french Moussa<style>span.GerbrantEditRegexReplaceHit{font-weight:bold;background:lightsteelblue}span.GerbrantEditRegexReplaceHitOff{font-weight:bold;background:mistyrose}span.GerbrantEditRegexReplaceMaskFailed{font-weight:normal;color:red}</style>, in western countries, we are talking about french Dago

References

• This article was initially created from French Wikipedia

1. ^ "Ivory Coast Cities Longitude & Latitude". sphereinfo.com. http://www.sphereinfo.com/longitude~latitude/ivory_coast. Retrieved 19 November 2010. 
2. ^ Loi no 78-07 du 9 janvier 1978
3. ^ Fiche de la ville sur le site du world gazetteer
4. ^ Championnat de Football de Cote d'Ivoire