Koulikoro, Ivory Coast

Koulikoro

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Village
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Koulikoro (also spelled Kouroukoro) is a village in western

Tonkpi Region, Montagnes District

. The area is mostly covered by rainforest.

History

On 14 July 1749 an annular solar eclipse took place around the village. 2 kilometres away, the greatest eclipse of the day occurred. and lasted 4 minutes, 46 seconds at 12:19 UTC.^[1]

Koulikoro was a commune until March 2012, when it was abolished along with 1126 other communes in the country.^[2]

Notes

^ "Solar eclipse of July 14, 1749". NASA. Archived from the original on March 18, 2021. Retrieved March 20, 2017.
^ "Le gouvernement ivoirien supprime 1126 communes, et maintient 197 pour renforcer sa politique de décentralisation en cours" Archived 2016-01-27 at the Wayback Machine, news.abidjan.net, 7 March 2012.

7°49′N 7°10′W / 7.817°N 7.167°W / 7.817; -7.167

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[NASA-1] "Solar eclipse of July 14, 1749". NASA. Archived from the original on March 18, 2021. Retrieved March 20, 2017.

[2] "Le gouvernement ivoirien supprime 1126 communes, et maintient 197 pour renforcer sa politique de décentralisation en cours" Archived 2016-01-27 at the Wayback Machine, news.abidjan.net, 7 March 2012.

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