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Yopougon

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Country
  
Ivory Coast

Population
  
1.072 million (2014)

District
  
Abidjan

Time zone
  
GMT (UTC+0)

Local time
  
Sunday 8:19 AM


Weather
  
28°C, Wind W at 3 km/h, 83% Humidity

Yopougon abidjan cote d ivoire


Yopougon, also known colloquially as Yop City, is a suburb of Abidjan, Ivory Coast. It is the most populous of the 10 urban communes of Abidjan and covers most of the western territory of the city. Yopougon is the only commune of Abidjan that spans both north and south sides of Ébrié Lagoon.

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Map of Yopougon, Abidjan, The Ivory Coast

Yopougon is the seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Yopougon. The diocese's cathedral is the Cathédrale Saint-André.

Olympic Burkinabé swimmer Adama Ouedraogo was born in Yopougon.

The suburb was the scene of violence following the 2010 Ivorian presidential election.

La rue princess de yopougon abidjan cote d ivoire renait de ses cendres apres le passage des buldozers du ministere de la ville et de la salubrite urbaine


References

Yopougon Wikipedia