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Yamoussoukro was designated the capital in 1983, though Abidjan still handles most business. The figure is taken from Smithsonian Ocean, which is linked in full on this page. Every fact on Mondo Knows names its source rather than repeating an unsourced claim.

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Ivory Coast built its capital in a village

Yamoussoukro was designated the capital in 1983, though Abidjan still handles most business The town was the birthplace of Félix Houphouët-Boigny, who ordered a grand new capital with wide boulevards and a huge basilica. Construction slowed after his death and the country's economy weakened. Many ministries and embassies never left Abidjan, which remains the commercial hub. It sits in Mondo's world geography collection, one of 200 facts that each trace back to the reference below.

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Where does this come from, and can I check it?: Yamoussoukro was designated the capital in 1983, though Abidjan still handles most business. The figure is taken from Smithsonian Ocean, which is linked in full on this page. Every fact on Mondo Knows names its source rather than repeating an unsourced claim.
Is this really a world geography fact?: Yes. It sits on the World Geography shelf, one of 2,600 sourced facts grouped into space, animals, the human body, history, science and more. Category pages collect every fact in the same field.
What else can I read about it?: The links under the fact point to a quiz, game, puzzle or calculator on the same subject, and the shelf below shows related facts. The wording here is original, and quoted phrases are marked as quotations.