Dimbokro
Sign in to saveDimbokro 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.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Dimbokro
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Town, sub-prefecture, and commune
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Vue du pont ferroviaire de Dimbokro en janvier 2026 (2).jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Railway bridge at Dimbokro
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Ivory Coast
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- bottom
- Settlement.pushpin_mapsize
- 300
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Ivory Coast
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Lacs
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Region
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- N'Zi
- Settlement.subdivision_type3
- Department
- Settlement.subdivision_name3
- Dimbokro
- Settlement.leader_title1
- for places with, say, both a mayor and a city manager
- Settlement.unit_pref
- Imperial
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 436
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city
- Country
- Ivory Coast
- Located in
- Dimbokro Department
- Population
- 70198
- Elevation
- 94
- Time zone
- Greenwich Mean Time
- Capital of
- Dimbokro Department
- Image
- Mairie de Dimbokro 02.jpg
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- Dimbokro
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Encyclopedic overview
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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.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Dimbokro” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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