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Abidjan-Niger Railway
The Abidjan-Niger Railway is a single-track metre gauge line in francophone West Africa that links Abidjan, the economic capital of Ivory Coast to Ouagadougou, the capital of Burkina Faso. The railway, like others on the continent, was constructed by the colonial power to encourage economic development in the region, although detractors would claim that it was to exploit the region solely for their own advantage. Although the railway was once the predominant transporter of passengers in the region, by 2000 it was facing strong competition from road transport. Now, the railway's main role is servicing international freight traffic (petroleum products, containers, fertilizers, grain, clinker, cement, cotton etc) to and from Burkina Faso and the north of Côte d'Ivoire. Communities served A passenger train still runs three times a week, on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays. The journey has been reported to take from 36 to 48 hours. The passenger train serves the following station ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rubino
Rubino is a family name of Italian origin. Notable people with the surname include: * Anthony Rubino (1921-1983), American football player * Antonio Rubino, Italian illustrator and cartoonist * Beth Rubino, American film art director * Bonaventura Rubino, Italian composer * Eduardo Rubiño, Spanish politician * Gennaro Rubino, Italian anarchist * Giorgio Rubino (born 1986), Italian racewalker * Guy Rubino, Canadian chef * Peter Rubino (born 1947), American sculptor * Raffaele Rubino (born 1978), Italian footballer * Ralph Rubino, American saxophone player * Renzo Rubino, Italian singer See also * Rubino, Ivory Coast Rubino is a town in southeastern Ivory Coast. It is a sub-prefecture and commune of Agboville Department in Agnéby-Tiassa Region, Lagunes District Lagunes District (french: District des Lagunes, ) is one of fourteen administrative districts ... * ''Rubino di Cantavenna'' * Luis Rubiños * Rubini * Rubio (other) {{surname, Rubino Italian-langua ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ferkessédougou
Ferkessédougou (often shortened to Ferké) is a city in northern Ivory Coast. It is a sub-prefecture of and the seat of Ferkessédougou Department. It is also the seat of Tchologo Region in Savanes District and a commune. Ferkessédougou is the second-most populous city in northern Ivory Coast, after Korhogo. Regional center Ferkessédougou is an important centre of local development as the nearest large town on the north–south road to the main border posts for crossing into Burkina Faso and Mali. A major transport crossroads, it is home to a regional market, schools, and a hospital. Local economy The economy of the Ferkessédougou area is overwhelmingly agricultural, with larger scale commercial farming based on huge cotton and sugarcane plantations. The city is a centre for the processing of these commodities, in particular for cattle feed, as it is a centre for stockyards of herds of zebu cattle, driven from the north, and bound for markets further south. A burgeoning tou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gare De Bouaké
Gare is the word for "station" in French and related languages, commonly meaning railway station Gare can refer to: People * Gare (surname), surname * The Gare Family, fictional characters in the novel '' Wild Geese'' by Martha Ostenso Places * Gare, Zavidovići, Bosnia and Herzegovina * Gare (Gadžin Han), a village situated in Gadžin Han municipality in Serbia * Garé, Hungary * Gare, Luxembourg, neighborhood around the railway station in Luxembourg City, Luxembourg * Gare Loch, an open see loch in Argyll and Bute, Scotland * Pompoï-gare, Pompoï-gare is a village in the Pompoï Department of Balé Province in southern Burkina Faso * South Gare, an area of reclaimed land and breakwater on the southern side of the mouth of the River Tees in Redcar and Cleveland, England ** South Gare & Coatham Sands SSSI, Site of Special Scientific Interest ** South Gare Lighthouse, at the end of the South Gare breakwater Transportation ''Gare'' refers to many stations in Francophone and other ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kan (Côte D'Ivoire)
Kan or KAN may refer to: Places * Kan (river), a tributary of the Yenisey in Russia * Kan District of Iran * Kan, Kyrgyzstan, a village in Batken Region * Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport, Kano, Nigeria, IATA code * Kannapolis (Amtrak station), North Carolina, US, station code * Kansas, a U.S. state People * Kan (surname), including a list of people with the surname * One of the Bacabs of Mayan mythology * Kan (musician), Japanese singer-songwriter * Kan Shimozawa (1892–1968), Japanese novelist * Kan Otake (born 1983), Japanese professional baseball player Music * "Kan" (song), Israeli Eurovision song in 1991 * KAN, UK folk supergroup with Brian Finnegan and Aidan O'Rourke In science and technology * ''kan'', PDP ligand, kanamycin A * Iwasawa decomposition of a Lie group in mathematics Weights and measures * A Japanese unit of mass () * Kan, a Korean unit of length Other uses * Kan language (other), several languages * Club of Committed Non-Party ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raviart (Côte D'Ivoire)
Raviart is a town in central Ivory Coast. It is a sub-prefecture of Didiévi Department in Bélier Region, Lacs District. Raviart was a commune A commune is an alternative term for an intentional community. Commune or comună or comune or other derivations may also refer to: Administrative-territorial entities * Commune (administrative division), a municipality or township ** Communes of ... until March 2012, when it became one of 1126 communes nationwide that were abolished. ''news.abidjan.net'', 7 March 2012. In 2014, the population of the sub-prefecture of Raviart was 17,113. Village ...
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Boli (Côte-d'Ivoire)
Boli may refer to: *Boli (TV series), a Bangladeshi streaming television series *Boli (food), a golden yellow sweet pancake made with flour and ghee in South India * Boli (plantain), the name for roasted plantain in Nigeria * Boli, a fetish of Mali *Boli (ice pop), a Mexican type of ice pop frozen in a plastic bag * Boli (steroid) * Boli County (勃利县), Heilongjiang, China ** Boli, Heilongjiang (勃利镇), town in and seat of Boli County * Boli, Jiangsu (博里镇), town in Chuzhou District, Huai'an, Jiangsu, China *Boli Rural District, in Iran *Boli, Côte d'Ivoire, town and commune *Bolu, Turkey (''Boli'' having been one historical spelling) *Khabarovsk, formerly known from its Chinese name as Boli (伯力), major city of the Russian Far East *Boliyan, a style of music popular in Punjab *Bank-owned life insurance *Oregon Bureau of Labor and Industries *Basile Boli, a French football player, born in 1967 *Yannick Boli Yannick Toapri Boli (born 13 January 1988) is a French ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nofou
Nofou is a town in south-central Ivory Coast. It is a sub-prefecture of Dimbokro Department in N'Zi Region, Lacs District. Nofou was a commune A commune is an alternative term for an intentional community. Commune or comună or comune or other derivations may also refer to: Administrative-territorial entities * Commune (administrative division), a municipality or township ** Communes of ... until March 2012, when it became one of 1126 communes nationwide that were abolished. ''news.abidjan.net'', 7 March 2012. In 2014, the population of the sub-prefecture of Nofou was 6,633. Villages |
YouTube
YouTube is a global online video platform, online video sharing and social media, social media platform headquartered in San Bruno, California. It was launched on February 14, 2005, by Steve Chen, Chad Hurley, and Jawed Karim. It is owned by Google, and is the List of most visited websites, second most visited website, after Google Search. YouTube has more than 2.5 billion monthly users who collectively watch more than one billion hours of videos each day. , videos were being uploaded at a rate of more than 500 hours of content per minute. In October 2006, YouTube was bought by Google for $1.65 billion. Google's ownership of YouTube expanded the site's business model, expanding from generating revenue from advertisements alone, to offering paid content such as movies and exclusive content produced by YouTube. It also offers YouTube Premium, a paid subscription option for watching content without ads. YouTube also approved creators to participate in Google's Google AdSens ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dimbokro
Dimbokro is a town in south-central Ivory Coast. It is the seat of both Lacs District and N'Zi Region. It is also the seat of and a sub-prefecture of Dimbokro Department. Dimbokro is also a commune. The town is located along the river N'Zi, approximately 50 km southeast of the official capital of Ivory Coast, Yamoussoukro. Dimbokro is connected by both road and railway from the country's commercial capital and ''de facto'' political capital Abidjan on the coast. Except for a textile factory, the town is of limited size and economic importance. Dimbokro is otherwise known as the birthplace of the country's current president, Alassane Ouattara and African reggae superstar Alpha Blondy. Climate Transport Dimbokro is served by Dimbokro Airport Dimbokro Airport is an airport serving Dimbokro, Côte d'Ivoire. See also *Transport in Côte d'Ivoire Ivory Coast invested remarkably in its transport system. Transport Infrastructures are much more developed than they are ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
