Yamoussoukro
Proper noun
Meaning
Yamoussoukro
the official and administrative capital of Ivory Coast.
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As the situation got worse, Maurice, judging that Bonzi had become safe, decided to transfer the French military station to Yamoussoukro, where the French Administration built a pyramid to the memory of Kouassi N'Go, Chief of the Akoué.
Air transport mainIvory Coast has three international airports located in Abidjan, Yamoussoukro, and Bouaké.
Several hours after the attack French President Jacques Chirac ordered the destruction of the Ivorian air force and the seizure of Yamoussoukro airport.
After his grand inauguration at Yamoussoukro on 21 May and pronouncements on the need for Ivorians to reconcile and rebuild the country, one of new President Alassane Dramane Ouatt.
The idea itself was formalised in a declaration dating back to 1988 which proposed the principles of air service liberalisation, known as the Yamoussoukro Declaration.
However, it was only with independence that Yamoussoukro finally started to rise.