Koulikoro, Ivory Coast

Koulikoro
Kouroukoro
Village
Koulikoro is located in Ivory Coast
Koulikoro
Koulikoro
Location in Ivory Coast
Coordinates: 7°49′N 7°10′W / 7.817°N 7.167°W / 7.817; -7.167
Country Ivory Coast
DistrictMontagnes
RegionTonkpi
DepartmentBiankouma
Sub-prefectureGbonné
Time zoneUTC+0 (GMT)

Koulikoro (also spelled Kouroukoro) is a village in western Ivory Coast. It is in the sub-prefecture of Gbonné, Biankouma Department, Tonkpi Region, Montagnes District. The area is mostly covered by rainforest.

History

On 14 July 1749 an annular solar eclipse took place around the village. 2 kilometres away, the greatest eclipse of the day occurred.  and lasted 4 minutes, 46 seconds at 12:19 UTC.[1]

Koulikoro was a commune until March 2012, when it was abolished along with 1126 other communes in the country.[2]

Notes

  1. ^ "Solar eclipse of July 14, 1749". NASA. Archived from the original on March 18, 2021. Retrieved March 20, 2017.
  2. ^ "Le gouvernement ivoirien supprime 1126 communes, et maintient 197 pour renforcer sa politique de décentralisation en cours" Archived 2016-01-27 at the Wayback Machine, news.abidjan.net, 7 March 2012.

7°49′N 7°10′W / 7.817°N 7.167°W / 7.817; -7.167


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