Timeline of Abidjan

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Abidjan, Ivory Coast.

Prior to 20th century

 * 1898 - Village of Abidjan founded.

20th century

 * 1903 - Abidjan becomes a town.
 * 1910 - Dimbokro-Abidjan railway constructed.
 * 1920 - Population: 1,000.
 * 1927 - Port-Bouët wharf commissioned.
 * 1934
 * French administrative capital relocated to Abidjan from Bingerville.
 * Bobo-Dioulasso-Abidjan railway constructed.
 * 1938 - Theatre Indigene formed.
 * 1942 - Museum established.
 * 1945 - City council election held.
 * 1946 - Population: 48,000.
 * 1948 - ASEC Mimosas football club formed.
 * 1950 - Vridi Canal opens.
 * 1951 - Autonomous Port of Abidjan in operation.
 * 1952
 * Bibliothèque municipale established.
 * Stade Andre Geo opens.
 * 1953 - Banco National Park and Stella Club d'Adjamé (football club) established.
 * 1954 - Abidjan Matin newspaper begins publication.
 * 1955
 * Ouagadougou-Abidjan railway begins operating.
 * Catholic Archdiocese of Abidjan established.
 * Population: 127,585.
 * 1956
 * Municipality established.
 * Félix Houphouët-Boigny becomes mayor.
 * City Hall built.
 * 1958
 * 1st bridge completed connecting the mainland to Petit-Bassam Island.
 * 1960
 * City becomes capital of independent Republic of Côte d'Ivoire.
 * Antoine Konan Kanga becomes mayor.
 * Abidjan Transport Company founded.
 * 1961 - Centre d'Edition et de Diffusion Africaines established.
 * 1962
 * Presidential palace inaugurated.
 * Institut Africain pour le Développement économique et Social headquartered in Abidjan.
 * Centre Culturel Français active.
 * 1963
 * Radio Télévision Ivoirienne (television) begins broadcasting.
 * Population: 246,700 urban agglomeration.
 * 1964 - Fraternité Matin newspaper begins publication.
 * 1965
 * African Development Bank headquartered in Abidjan.
 * Nour-al-Hayat Mall built.
 * 1967
 * Charles de Gaulle bridge built.
 * Higher Institute of Religious Culture founded.
 * 1968 - National Library of Ivory Coast established.
 * 1969 - Ivoire InterContinental Abidjan Hotel built.
 * 1971 - Abidjan Institute of Criminology established (approximate date).
 * 1972 - International Community School of Abidjan founded.
 * 1974 - Abidjan Stock Exchange established.
 * 1975 - Population: 951,216.
 * 1976 - Ivorian Society of Bank building and Department of Finances building constructed.
 * 1978
 * Palais des Sports de Treichville established.
 * Population: 1,269,071.
 * 1980
 * City of Abidjan organized into ten communes: Abobo, Adjamé, Attécoubé, Cocody, Koumassi, Marcory, Plateau, Port-Bouët, Treichville, Yopougon.
 * Emmanuel Dioulo becomes mayor.
 * 1983 - Political capital of Ivory Coast relocated from Abidjan to Yamoussoukro.
 * 1984
 * March: 1984 African Cup of Nations held.
 * Cité Administrative Tour C, D and E built.
 * 1985
 * St. Paul's Cathedral, Abidjan built.
 * Ernest N’Koumo Mobio becomes mayor.
 * Population: 1,716,000 (urban agglomeration).
 * 1986 - Sister city relationship established with San Francisco, USA.
 * 1988
 * Maquis du Val eatery opens.
 * Population: 1,934,342.
 * 1990
 * Demonstration against Houphouët-Boigny national regime.
 * Population: 2,102,000 (urban agglomeration).
 * 1992 - African Publishers Network headquartered in city.
 * 1993 - Marche des Arts et du Spectacle Africains (festival) begins.
 * 1994 -  newspaper begins publication.
 * 1995
 * Abidjan-Ouagadougou railway concessioned.
 * Population: 2,535,000 (urban agglomeration).
 * 1996
 * Université d'Abobo-Adjamé founded.
 * Inades-Formation Côte d'Ivoire relocated to Abidjan.
 * 1998
 * West African regional Bourse Régionale des Valeurs Mobilières (stock exchange) headquartered in Abidjan.
 * Population: 2,877,948.
 * 1999 - built.
 * 2000
 * Area of city: 627 square kilometers.
 * Population: 3,028,000 (urban agglomeration).

21st century

 * 2001 - August: City administration decentralized into 13 communes: Abobo, Adjamé, Anyama, Attécoubé, Bingerville, Cocody, Koumassi, Marcory, Plateau, Port-Bouët, Songon, Treichville, Yopougon.
 * 2002
 * September: First Ivorian Civil War begins.
 * Pierre Djédji Amondji becomes Abidjan district governor.
 * 2003 - December: "Attack on state TV building."
 * 2004
 * March: Political protest; violence ensues.
 * November: Anti-French riots.
 * Anoumabo Open Theatre built.
 * 2005 - Population: 3,564,000 (urban agglomeration).
 * 2007 - Ivory Coast National Film Festival begins.
 * 2008 - (bridge) construction begins.
 * 2009
 * 29 March: 2009 Houphouët-Boigny stampede.
 * Unite de Police Anti-Pollution active.
 * University of Science and Technology of Ivory Coast established.
 * 2010
 * November: Pre-election unrest.
 * December: Political protest.
 * City website online (approximate date).
 * Population: 4,151,000 (urban agglomeration).
 * 2011
 * February: Protest in Abobo against Gbagbo regime.
 * March: Second Ivorian Civil War begins.
 * April: "French army take over Abidjan's airport."
 * May: Robert Beugré Mambé becomes Abidjan district governor.
 * 2012
 * May: TEDx Abidjan begins.
 * November: Association Internationale des Maires Francophones conference held.
 * Population: 4,476,397.
 * 2013
 * 1 January: 2013 Houphouët-Boigny stampede.
 * Yamoussoukro-Abidjan highway built.
 * InnovAfrica meets in Abidjan.
 * 2014
 * Henri Konan Bédié Bridge opens.
 * Population: 4,395,243.
 * 2017 - July: 2017 Jeux de la Francophonie to be held in Abidjan.

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