Timeline of Abidjan
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Abidjan, Ivory Coast.
Prior to 20th century
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- 1898 - Village of Abidjan founded.[1]
20th century
- 1903 - Abidjan becomes a town.[1]
- 1910 - Dimbokro-Abidjan railway constructed.[2]
- 1920 - Population: 1,000.
- 1927 - Port-Bouët wharf commissioned.[2]
- 1934
- Bobo-Dioulasso-Abidjan railway constructed.[2]
- 1938 - Theatre Indigene formed.[4]
- 1942 - Museum established.[5]
- 1945 - City council election held.[citation needed]
- 1946 - Population: 48,000.
- 1948 - ASEC Mimosas football club formed.
- 1950 - Vridi Canal opens.[1][2]
- 1951 - Autonomous Port of Abidjan in operation.
- 1952
- Bibliothèque municipale established.[6]
- Stade Andre Geo opens.[citation needed]
- 1953 - Banco National Park and Stella Club d'Adjamé (football club) established.
- 1954 - Abidjan Matin newspaper begins publication.[7]
- 1955
- Ouagadougou-Abidjan railway begins operating.
- Catholic Archdiocese of Abidjan established.[8]
- Population: 127,585.[2]
- 1956
- Municipality established.
- Félix Houphouët-Boigny becomes mayor.[9]
- City Hall built.[10]
- 1958
- 1st bridge completed connecting the mainland to Petit-Bassam Island.[1]
- 1st bridge completed connecting the mainland to
- 1960
- City becomes capital of independent Republic of Côte d'Ivoire.
- Antoine Konan Kanga becomes mayor.[9]
- Abidjan Transport Companyfounded.
- City becomes capital of independent
- 1961 - Centre d'Edition et de Diffusion Africaines established.[11]
- 1962
- Presidential palace inaugurated.
- Institut Africain pour le Développement économique et Social headquartered in Abidjan.[12]
- Centre Culturel Français active.[6]
- 1963
- Radio Télévision Ivoirienne (television) begins broadcasting.
- Population: 246,700 urban agglomeration.[13]
- 1964 - Fraternité Matin newspaper begins publication.
- 1965
- African Development Bank headquartered in Abidjan.[14]
- Nour-al-Hayat Mall built.[10]
- 1967
- Charles de Gaulle bridge built.[10]
- Higher Institute of Religious Culture founded.[citation needed]
- 1968 - National Library of Ivory Coast established.[6]
- 1969 - Ivoire InterContinental Abidjan Hotel built.
- 1971 - Abidjan Institute of Criminology established (approximate date).[citation needed]
- 1972 - International Community School of Abidjan founded.[15]
- 1974 - Abidjan Stock Exchange established.
- 1975 - Population: 951,216.[2]
- 1976 - Ivorian Society of Bank building and Department of Finances building constructed.[10]
- 1978
- Palais des Sports de Treichville established.
- Population: 1,269,071.[2]
- 1980
- City of Abidjan organized into ten communes:
- Emmanuel Dioulo becomes mayor.[9]
- 1983 - Political capital of Ivory Coast relocated from Abidjan to Yamoussoukro.[3]
- 1984
- March: 1984 African Cup of Nations held.
- Cité Administrative Tour C, D and E built.
- 1985
- St. Paul's Cathedral, Abidjan built.
- Ernest N’Koumo Mobio becomes mayor.[9]
- Population: 1,716,000 (urban agglomeration).[17]
- 1986 - Sister city relationship established with San Francisco, USA.[18]
- 1988
- 1990
- Demonstration against Houphouët-Boigny national regime.[citation needed]
- Population: 2,102,000 (urban agglomeration).[17]
- 1992 - African Publishers Network headquartered in city.[20]
- 1993 - Marche des Arts et du Spectacle Africains (festival) begins.[21][22]
- 1994 - Le Jour plus newspaper begins publication.
- 1995
- Abidjan-Ouagadougou railway concessioned.[23][24]
- Population: 2,535,000 (urban agglomeration).[17]
- 1996
- Université d'Abobo-Adjaméfounded.
- Inades-Formation Côte d'Ivoire relocated to Abidjan.[25]
- 1998
- West African regional Bourse Régionale des Valeurs Mobilières(stock exchange) headquartered in Abidjan.
- Population: 2,877,948.[26]
- West African regional
- 1999 - Palais de la culture d'Abidjan built.
- 2000
21st century
- 2001 - August: City administration decentralized into 13 communes: Attécoubé, Bingerville, Cocody, Koumassi, Marcory, Plateau, Port-Bouët, Songon, Treichville, Yopougon.[28]
- 2002
- September: First Ivorian Civil War begins.[29]
- Pierre Djédji Amondji becomes Abidjan district governor.[9]
- 2003 - December: "Attack on state TV building."[29]
- 2004
- 2005 - Population: 3,564,000 (urban agglomeration).[32]
- 2007 - Ivory Coast National Film Festival begins.
- 2008 - Pont d'Azito (bridge) construction begins.
- 2009
- 29 March: 2009 Houphouët-Boigny stampede.
- Unite de Police Anti-Pollution active.[33]
- University of Science and Technology of Ivory Coast established.
- 2010
- November: Pre-election unrest.[34]
- December: Political protest.[35]
- City website online (approximate date).[36][chronology citation needed]
- Population: 4,151,000 (urban agglomeration).[17]
- 2011
- February: Protest in Gbagbo regime.[37]
- March: Second Ivorian Civil War begins.[35]
- April: "French army take over Abidjan's airport."[35]
- May: Robert Beugré Mambé becomes Abidjan district governor.[28]
- February: Protest in
- 2012
- May: TEDx Abidjan begins.[38]
- November: Association Internationale des Maires Francophones conference held.[39][40]
- Population: 4,476,397.
- May:
- 2013
- 1 January: 2013 Houphouët-Boigny stampede.
- Yamoussoukro-Abidjan highway built.[1]
- InnovAfrica meets in Abidjan.[41]
- 2014
- Henri Konan Bédié Bridge opens.
- Population: 4,395,243.[42]
- 2017 - July: 2017 Jeux de la Francophonie to be held in Abidjan.
See also
References
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- ^ "Chronology of Catholic Dioceses:Côte d'Ivoire". www.katolsk.no. Norway: Oslo katolske bispedømme (Oslo Catholic Diocese). Retrieved 30 September 2014.
- ^ a b c d e "Les anciens Maires et Gouverneur du District d'Abidjan" (in French). District d'Abidjan. Archived from the original on 27 April 2013. Retrieved 10 May 2013.
- ^ ISBN 1579584330.
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- ^ "Centre de Recherche et d'Action pour la Paix". Abidjan. Retrieved 10 May 2013.
- Statistical Office of the United Nations. 1966.
- ^ "History". African Development Bank Group. Retrieved 28 May 2013.
- ^ "International Community School of Abidjan". Archived from the original on 4 July 2013. Retrieved 10 May 2013.
- ^ Freund 2001.
- ^ ISBN 978-92-1-132598-0. Archived from the originalon 2014-09-10.
- ^ "San Francisco Sister Cities". USA: City & County of San Francisco. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
- ^ "Restaurants in Abidjan". African Development Bank. 2010.
- ISBN 9780849397127
- ISBN 0415059313.
- ^ "MASA Festival". Archived from the original on 6 September 2014. Retrieved 30 September 2014.
- ISBN 978-0-8213-8605-7– via Google Books (fulltext).
- ^ Howard W. French (November 19, 1994), "Abidjan Journal; The Little Railroad That Couldn't Goes Private", New York Times
- ^ "Our History". Inades-Formation Côte d'ivoire. Retrieved 10 May 2013.
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- ^ a b "Le District" (in French). District d'Abidjan. Retrieved 10 May 2013.
- ^ a b c "Ivory Coast Profile: Timeline". BBC News. Retrieved 30 September 2014.
- ^ Ivory Coast: Turmoil in a troubled country (timeline), Canada: CBC News, 3 April 2011
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- ^ "The State of African Cities 2010: Governance, Inequalities and Urban Land Markets". United Nations Human Settlements Programme. 2010. Archived from the original on 2013-06-17.
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- ^ a b c "Timeline: Ivory Coast". Al Jazeera English. 30 November 2011.
- ^ "District d'Abidjan: Site Officiel". Archived from the original on 2013-04-28 – via Internet Archive, Wayback Machine.
- ^ "Ivorian troops fire to disperse anti-Gbagbo protest". Reuters. 20 February 2011. Archived from the original on 15 July 2011.
- ^ "TEDx Abidjan". Retrieved 10 May 2013.
- ^ "Assemblee generale de l'Association Internationale des Maires Francophones" (in French). Gouvernement de Côte d'Ivoire. 26 November 2012.
- ^ "Villes, dialogue interculturel et paix - Abidjan, 26-28 novembre 2012". Paris: Association Internationale des Maires Francophones. Archived from the original on 2013-07-01. Retrieved 10 May 2013.
- ^ "InnovAfrica" (in French). Retrieved 30 September 2014.
- ^ "Table 8 - Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 or more inhabitants", Demographic Yearbook – 2018, United Nations
This article incorporates information from the French Wikipedia and the German Wikipedia.
Bibliography
in English
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- K. Attahi (1991). "Planning and management in large cities: A case study of Abidjan, Côte-d'Ivoire". Metropolitan Planning and Management in the Developing World: Abidjan and Quito. Nairobi: United Nations Centre for Human Settlements (Habitat).
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- Bill Freund (2001). "Contrasts in Urban Segregation: A Tale of Two African Cities, Durban (South Africa) and Abidjan (Côte d'Ivoire)". Journal of Southern African Studies. 27 (3): 527–546. S2CID 37285422.
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in French
- Louis Roussel; et al. (1968). "La mobilité de la population urbaine en Afrique Noire: Deux essais de mesure, Abidjan et Yaoundé". Persee.fr.
- Philippe Haeringer (1969). "Structures foncières et création urbaine à Abidjan". Cahiers d'études africaines (in French). 9 – via Persee.fr.
- Jean-Marie Gibbal (1974). Citadins et villageois dans la ville africaine; l'exemple d'Abidjan (in French). Grenoble: Presses Universitaires/Francois Maspero.
- P. Haeringer (1977). "Abidjan 1976. Occupation de l'espace urbain et péri-urbain". Atlas de Côte-d'Ivoire (in French). Abidjan: Ministère de Plan-ORSTOM-IGT.
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- C. Vidal; M. Le Pape (1986). Pratiques de crise et conditions sociales à Abidjan, 1979-1985 (in French). Abidjan: ORSTOM.
- Philippe Antoine; et al. (1987). Abidjan 'côte cours' (in French). Paris: ORSTOM/Karthala.
- A. Bonnassieux (1987), L'autre Abidjan. Chronique d'un quartier oublié (in French), Paris: INADES
- M. Le Pape; et al. (1992), Abidjan: du cosmopolitanisme à la mondialisation (in French), Paris: ASP CNRS-ORSTOM
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- Villes et organisation de l'espace en Afrique (in French). ISBN 978-2811103392. (contains several chapters about Abidjan)
- Collectif; Auzias, Dominique; Labourdette, Jean-Paul (2012). "Histoire". Abidjan. ISBN 9782746960428.
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External links
Media related to History of Abidjan at Wikimedia Commons
- "(Abidjan)". Directory of Open Access Journals. UK. (Bibliography of open access articles)
- "(Abidjan)" – via Europeana. (Images, etc.)
- "(Abidjan)" – via Digital Public Library of America. (Images, etc.)
- "(Abidjan)". Internet Library Sub-Saharan Africa. Germany: Frankfurt University Library. (Bibliography)
- "(Abidjan)". Connecting-Africa. Leiden, Netherlands: African Studies Centre. (Bibliography)
- "(Abidjan)". AfricaBib.org. (Bibliography)
- Christian Zimmermann (ed.). "(Abidjan)". Research Papers in Economics. United States: Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis. (Bibliography)
- "Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire". BlackPast.org. United States.
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Liberté traffic circle, Adjamé, Abidjan, in 2010 -
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