Timeline of Abidjan
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Abidjan, Ivory Coast.
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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
- French administrative capital relocated to Abidjan from Bingerville.[1][3]
- Bobo-Dioulasso-Abidjan railway constructed.[2]
- 1938 - Theatre Indigene formed.[4]
- 1942 - Museum established.[5]
- 1945 - City council election held.
- 1946 - Population: 48,000.
- 1948 - ASEC Mimosas football club formed.
- 1950 - Vridi Canal opens.[1][2]
- 1951 - Port of Abidjan in operation.
- 1952
- Bibliothèque municipale established.[6]
- Stade Andre Geo opens.
- 1953 - Banco National Park and Stella Club d'Adjamé (football club) established.
- 1954 - Abidjan Matin newspaper begins publication.[7]
- 1955
- 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]
- 1960
- City becomes capital of independent Republic of Côte d'Ivoire.
- Antoine Konan Kanga becomes mayor.[9]
- Abidjan Transport Company founded.
- 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]
- 1964 - Fraternité Matin newspaper begins publication.
- 1965
- African Development Bank headquartered in Abidjan.[13]
- Nour-al-Hayat Mall built.[10]
- 1967
- Charles de Gaulle bridge built.[10]
- Higher Institute of Religious Culture founded.
- 1968 - National Library of Ivory Coast established.[6]
- 1969 - Ivoire InterContinental Abidjan Hotel built.
- 1971 - Abidjan Institute of Criminology established (approximate date).
- 1972 - International Community School of Abidjan founded.[14]
- 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
- 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).[16]
- 1986 - Sister city relationship established with San Francisco, USA.[17]
- 1988
- 1990
- Demonstration against Houphouët-Boigny national regime.
- Population: 2,102,000 (urban agglomeration).[16]
- 1992 - African Publishers Network headquartered in city.[19]
- 1993 - Marche des Arts et du Spectacle Africains (festival) begins.[20][21]
- 1995
- Abidjan-Ouagadougou railway concessioned.[22][23]
- Population: 2,535,000 (urban agglomeration).[16]
- 1996
- Université d'Abobo-Adjamé founded.
- Inades-Formation Côte d'Ivoire relocated to Abidjan.[24]
- 1998 - Population: 2,877,948.[25]
21st century
- 2000
- 2001 - August: City administration decentralized into 13 communes: Abobo, Adjamé, Anyama, Attécoubé, Bingerville, Cocody, Koumassi, Marcory, Plateau, Port-Bouët, Songon, Treichville, Yopougon.[27]
- 2002
- September: First Ivorian Civil War begins.[28]
- Pierre Djédji Amondji becomes Abidjan district governor.[9]
- 2003 - December: "Attack on state TV building."[28]
- 2004
- 2005 - Population: 3,564,000 (urban agglomeration).[30]
- 2007 - Ivory Coast National Film Festial begins.
- 2009
- 29 March: 2009 Houphouët-Boigny stampede.
- Unite de Police Anti-Pollution active.[31]
- University of Science and Technology of Ivory Coast established.
- 2010
- 2011
- February: Protest in Abobo against Gbagbo regime.[35]
- March: Second Ivorian Civil War begins.[33]
- April: "French army take over Abidjan's airport."[33]
- May: Robert Beugré Mambé becomes Abidjan district governor.[27]
- 2012
- 2013
- 1 January: 2013 Houphouët-Boigny stampede.
- InnovAfrica meets in Abidjan.[39]
See also
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 Hoiberg, Dale H., ed. (2010). "Abidjan". Encyclopedia Britannica. I: A-ak Bayes (15th ed.). Chicago, IL: Encyclopedia Britannica Inc. p. 32. ISBN 978-1-59339-837-8.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Alain Dubresson (1997), "Abidjan: From the public making of a modern city to urban management of a metropolis", in Carole Rakodi, The Urban Challenge in Africa, United Nations University Press, ISBN 92-808-0952-0
- 1 2 Allen Armstrong (1985). "Ivory Coast: another new capital for Africa". Geography. 70.
- ↑ Martin Banham; et al., eds. (1994). "Côte d'Ivoire". Cambridge Guide to African and Caribbean Theatre. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0521411394.
- ↑ "Côte d'Ivoire: le musée d'Abidjan pillé durant la guerre, un pan d'histoire s'efface". L'Express (in French). Paris. 14 August 2011.
- 1 2 3 World Guide to Libraries (25th ed.), De Gruyter Saur, 2011, ISBN 9783110230710
- ↑ "Abidjan (Côte d'Ivoire) Newspapers". WorldCat. USA: Online Computer Library Center. Retrieved 10 May 2013.
- ↑ "Chronology of Catholic Dioceses:Côte d'Ivoire". www.katolsk.no. Norway: Oslo katolske bispedømme (Oslo Catholic Diocese). Retrieved 30 September 2014.
- 1 2 3 4 5 "Les anciens Maires et Gouverneur du District d'Abidjan" (in French). District d'Abidjan. Retrieved 10 May 2013.
- 1 2 3 4 Stephen Sennott, ed. (2004). Encyclopedia of 20th-century Architecture. Fitzroy Dearborn. ISBN 1579584330.
- ↑ Claudia Schulz (2001). "Construire le paysage de l'edition dans l'Afrique francophone de l'Ouest durant l'epoque post-coloniale". Les mutations du livre et de l'édition dans le monde du XVIIIe siècle à l'an 2000 (in French). Presses Université Laval. ISBN 2747508137.
- ↑ "Centre de Recherche et d'Action pour la Paix". Abidjan. Retrieved 10 May 2013.
- ↑ "History". African Development Bank Group. Retrieved 28 May 2013.
- ↑ "International Community School of Abidjan". Retrieved 10 May 2013.
- ↑ 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. JSTOR 823314.
- 1 2 3 4 5 "The State of African Cities 2014". United Nations Human Settlements Programme. ISBN 978-92-1-132598-0. Retrieved 30 October 2014.
- ↑ "San Francisco Sister Cities". USA: City & County of San Francisco. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
- ↑ "Restaurants in Abidjan". African Development Bank. 2010. Retrieved 30 September 2014.
- ↑ Marcia J. Bates, ed. (2010), Encyclopedia of Library and Information Sciences, Boca Raton, Florida: CRC Press, p. 5126, ISBN 9780849397127
- ↑ Barthelemy Kotchy; et al. (1997). "Côte d'Ivoire". In Don Rubin. World Encyclopedia of Contemporary Theatre: Africa. Routledge. ISBN 0415059313.
- ↑ "MASA Festival". Retrieved 30 September 2014.
- ↑ Heinrich Bofinger (2011). Africa's Transport Infrastructure: Mainstreaming Maintenance and Management. World Bank Publications. 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.
- ↑ "Côte d'Ivoire". Africa South of the Sahara 2004. Europa Publications. 2004. ISBN 1857431839.
- ↑ UN-HABITAT (2004), State of the World's Cities, Earthscan, ISBN 9781844071593
- 1 2 "Le District" (in French). District d'Abidjan. Retrieved 10 May 2013.
- 1 2 3 "Ivory Coast Profile: Timeline". BBC News. Retrieved 30 September 2014.
- ↑ Ivory Coast: Turmoil in a troubled country (timeline), Canada: CBC News, 3 April 2011
- ↑ "The State of African Cities 2010: Governance, Inequalities and Urban Land Markets". United Nations Human Settlements Programme. 2010.
- ↑ "Cote d'Ivoire: Up in Smoke; Meet Africa's first green cops". Frontline. WGBH Educational Foundation. 9 July 2009.
- ↑ Bruno Losch (2011). "Cote d'Ivoire". In Andreas Mehler; et al. Africa Yearbook: Politics, Economy and Society South of the Sahara in 2010. Koninklijke Brill. pp. 81–92. ISBN 90-04-20556-X.
- 1 2 3 "Timeline: Ivory Coast". Al Jazeera English. 30 November 2011.
- ↑ "District d'Abidjan: Site Officiel". Archived from the original on April 2013 – via Internet Archive, Wayback Machine.
- ↑ "Ivorian troops fire to disperse anti-Gbagbo protest". Reuters. 20 February 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. Retrieved 10 May 2013.
- ↑ "InnovAfrica" (in French). Retrieved 30 September 2014.
This article incorporates information from the French Wikipedia and the German Wikipedia.
Further reading
- Published in the 20th century
- P. Haeringer (1969). "Structures foncières et création urbaine à Abidjan". Cahiers d'études africaines (in French).
- 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.
- P. Haeringer (1985). "Vingt-cinq ans de politique urbaine a Abidjan". Politique Africaine (in French). 17.
- 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
- 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).
- M. Le Pape; et al. (1992), Abidjan: du cosmopolitanisme à la mondialisation (in French), Paris: ASP CNRS-ORSTOM
- Published in the 21st century
- "Abidjan". Understanding Slums: Case Studies for the Global Report 2003. United Nations Human Settlements Programme and University College London. 2003.
- Kwame Anthony Appiah and Henry Louis Gates, ed. (2005). "Abidjan". Africana: The Encyclopedia of the African and African American Experience (2nd ed.). Oxford University Press. p. 6. ISBN 978-0-19-517055-9.
- Bill Freund (2007). "Globalisation and the African city: Touba, Abidjan, Durban". The African City: A History. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-52792-7.
- Villes et organisation de l'espace en Afrique (in French). Éditions Karthala. 2010. ISBN 2811103392. (contains several chapters about Abidjan)
- "Histoire". Abidjan. Le Petit Futé (in French). 2012.
External links
Media related to Abidjan at Wikimedia Commons
- "(Items related to Abidjan)". Internet Library Sub-Saharan Africa. Germany: Frankfurt University Library.
- "(Articles related to Abidjan)". Connecting-Africa. Leiden, Netherlands: African Studies Centre.
Images
De Gaulle Bridge, built 1967 (photo 2009)
St. Paul's Cathedral, Abidjan, built 1980 (photo 2009).jpg)
Abidjan, 2010
Liberté traffic circle, Adjamé, Abidjan, in 2010
Abidjan, 2014
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