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Country
  
Ivory Coast

Region
  
Haut-Sassandra

Elevation
  
299 m (981 ft)

Population
  
319,427 (2014)

Number of airports
  
1

District
  
Sassandra-Marahoué

Department
  
Daloa

Time zone
  
GMT (UTC+0)

Local time
  
Thursday 5:04 AM


Weather
  
24°C, Wind W at 5 km/h, 100% Humidity

Daloa is a city in western Ivory Coast. It is the seat of both the Sassandra-Marahoué District and the Haut-Sassandra Region. It is also the seat of and a sub-prefecture of Daloa Department. Daloa is also a commune. In the 2014 census, the city had a population of 319,427, making it the third-largest city in the country. It lies to the west of Yamoussoukro, the capital of Ivory Coast. Daloa is an important trading centre, particularly for cocoa. The city is served by Daloa Airport and is home to the Roman Catholic Diocese of Daloa, with its cathedral at Cathédrale du Christ-Roi.

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Map of Daloa, The Ivory Coast

People from Daloa include

  • the musician Ernesto Djédjé
  • the acamedic, politician and short-story writer, Séry Bailly.
  • the historian and diplomat Pierre Kipré.
  • Civil War

    The town was repeatedly contested during the First Ivorian Civil War, which lasted from 2002 to 2004. Following the takeover of the town by the government on 16 October 2002, fifty civilians from the north were allegedly killed by government troops. Amnesty International described the killings as a "massacre", saying people in military uniform had killed people suspected of supporting the rebel Patriotic Movement of Côte d'Ivoire. The killings were allegedly based on their Muslim names or that the victims were nationals of Mali, Burkino Faso or Guinea. Côte d'Ivoire authorities ordered an inquiry but stated government forces had not been responsible. However, no charges were brought and the Ougadougou Peace Agreement in March 2007 between President Laurent Gbagbo and rebel leader Guillaume Soro incorporated a general amnesty for crimes committed in this time, except for crimes against humanity, war crimes and economic crimes.

    In February 2012, the International Criminal Court decided to investigate this incident.

    Twin towns

    Daloa is twinned with:

  • Pau, France, since 1984
  • Campinas, Brazil, since 1982
  • References

    Daloa Wikipedia