Port-Bouët is a
suburb
A suburb (more broadly suburban area) is an area within a metropolitan area. They are oftentimes where most of a metropolitan areas jobs are located with some being predominantly residential. They can either be denser or less densely populated ...
of
Abidjan
Abidjan ( , ; N'Ko script, N'ko: ߊߓߌߖߊ߲߬) is the largest city and the former capital of Ivory Coast. As of the Demographics of Ivory Coast, 2021 census, Abidjan's population was 6.3 million, which is 21.5 percent of the overall population ...
,
Ivory Coast
Ivory Coast, also known as Côte d'Ivoire and officially the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire, is a country on the southern coast of West Africa. Its capital city of Yamoussoukro is located in the centre of the country, while its largest List of ci ...
. It is one of the 10 urban
communes of the city. Port-Bouët is one of four communes of Abidjan that are entirely south of
Ébrié Lagoon, the others being
Treichville,
Koumassi, and
Marcory.
Port-Bouët had not been inhabited until around 1930. The Port Bouët/Petit Bassam lighthouse (French: ''Phare de Port Bouët (Petit Bassam)'') was built in the early 1930s.
(
French: ''Aéroport international Félix Houphouët-Boigny'' or ''Aéroport international Abidjan'') is located in Port-Bouët, as well as the
Abidjan Exhibition Centre.
References
Communes of Abidjan
Suburbs in Ivory Coast
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