Abidjan

Abidjan is a city of 3.693 million¹ and a metropolitan population of 6.784 million² located on the Ébrié Lagoon, which is connected to the Gulf of Guinea by a river well east of the river, and by a canal within the city. It is no longer the capital of the Côte d'Ivoire, but remains its economic center and largest city. The 'Plateau' features modern skyscrapers and the St. Paul Cathedral. The church's tower is a stylized St. Paul. The tallest building is the Tour Postel (347 feet, 2001).³

Grand-Bassam (population 91 thousand¹) is a suburb to the southeast, at the river mouth. It is a former colonial capital and now a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Tourists visit both Abidjan proper and Jacqueville (population 32 thousand⁴), a resort suburb to the west of Abidjan and south of the lagoon.⁵

The area's airport, Port Bouët, located southeast of the city's center, is the nation's busiest.⁶

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External references

Overview of the center of Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire

Footnotes

1. 2005 figures from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cities_in_Ivory_Coast, accessed February 14, 2018. An estimate for 2017 is 3.965 million, in http://www.demographia.com/db-worldua.pdf, downloaded February 14, 2018.
2. Metropolitan 2012 figure from world-gazetteer.com, accessed February 6, 2013.
3. Emporis.com, accessed March 5, 2018. The Abobo TV Mast (wired) and the Niague TV Tower (framed) are taller at 656 feet.
4. 2014 figure from the side bar of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacqueville, accessed February 14, 2018.
5. https://www.thecrazytourist.com/15-best-places-visit-ivory-coast/, accessed February 14, 2018.
6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_Bouet_Airport, accessed February 14, 2018. None of the nation's airports had over a million passengers in 2012 according to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_the_busiest_airports_in_Africa, accessed February 14, 2018.