Bouaké

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Bouaké is a major inland city in central Côte d'Ivoire known as an important commercial and transportation hub.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Bouaké canonical 4
Bouaké, Ivory Coast 2

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Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf city
commune
capitalOf Gbêkê Region
Vallée du Bandama District
climateClassification tropical savanna climate
continent Africa
coordinateLatitude 7.6833
coordinateLongitude -5.0167
country Côte d'Ivoire
countryCallingCode +225
distanceTo Abidjan
elevationAboveSeaLevel 312
ethnicGroupPresent Baoulé people
hasAirport Bouaké Airport
hasIndustrialZone true
hasMunicipalStatusSince colonial period
hasRailConnectionTo Abidjan
Ouagadougou
hasRailwayStation Bouaké railway station
hasStadium Stade de la Paix
hasUniversity Université Alassane Ouattara
historicalEvent served as stronghold of New Forces rebels during Ivorian civil conflict
isCommercialHub true
isInlandCity true
isServedBy Abidjan–Ouagadougou railway
isTransportationHub true
languageCommonlySpoken Baoulé
French
locatedIn central Côte d'Ivoire
locatedInAdministrativeEntity Gbêkê Region
Vallée du Bandama District
locatedInGeographicalFeature Bandama River basin
majorEconomicActivity cotton industry
food processing
textile industry
tobacco industry
trade
officialLanguage French
populationRankInCountry second-largest city in Côte d'Ivoire
regionType inland urban center
religionPresent Christianity
Islam
roadNetworkConnectsTo Abidjan
Korhogo
Yamoussoukro
servesAsMarketFor agricultural products
timeZone Greenwich Mean Time
UTC+0
usesCurrency West African CFA franc

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Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Côte d'Ivoire hasMajorCity Bouaké
Operation Licorne location Bouaké
Yaya Touré placeOfBirth Bouaké
this entity surface form: Bouaké, Ivory Coast
Kolo Touré placeOfBirth Bouaké
this entity surface form: Bouaké, Ivory Coast