Basic introduction Chinese name: mbth, Abidjan: Abidjan administrative district category: provincial jurisdiction: Ivory Coast jurisdiction: Treseville telephone area code: 225 Geographical location: West African population: 465,438+0.5 million (2006) Dialect: French climatic conditions: tropical rain forest climate history, geographical location, climate, introduction, port introduction, port, little Paris, the history was founded in. The settlement was formed in 1928, and the French colonial capital moved here from Bungert in 1934, and was designated as the capital of French C? te d 'Ivoire. 1950, the sand mouth was dug, and the Freddy waterway with a length of 3.2 kilometers, a width of 370 meters and a depth of 15 meters was dug, connecting the Ebrier lagoon with the Gulf of Guinea, so that ocean-going ships could directly enter the lagoon. Since then, the city has developed rapidly and become the political and economic center of French-speaking West Africa. 1960 C? te d 'Ivoire became the capital after independence. Later, it was the national political, economic and cultural center and transportation hub. Most major industrial departments and large enterprises in China are concentrated here, accounting for 85% of the industrial employment population and 2/3 of the industrial output value, including oil refining, petrochemical, wood processing, machinery, oil production, automobile assembly, food, canned fruit, beer, textiles, building materials and other agricultural products processing. The port is located in Ebrier lagoon west of Little Bassam Island, and exports cocoa, coffee, wood, cotton, bananas, rubber and manganese ore. It is also the import and export gateway of neighboring Mali and Burkina Faso. 90% of the country's goods go in and out here. Roads extend in all directions. From here, the railway runs through the north and south, leading to Burkina Faso and becoming the main channel for inland neighbors to go to sea. There is an international airport with six international routes and two domestic routes, which can accommodate the take-off and landing of large passenger planes. This is an important airport. Abidjan is the largest port in West Africa, with a throughput of over 9 million tons. The water area of the port area is nearly 1000 hectares, and the water depth is10-15m. There are 24 deep-water terminals, including two container terminals and other special terminals. The total length of the hidden line is more than 4000 meters, which can accept 50 ships entering the port for loading and unloading at the same time; Freddy Waterway connects the Ebrier lagoon with the Atlantic Ocean. It is 2700 meters long, 370 meters wide and 13.5- 15 meters deep. Large ships are unimpeded. National Cultural and Education Center, with Abidjan University (built in 1958), agriculture and other institutions of higher learning; There are national research institutes and scientific research institutions for tropical crops and tropical fruits such as medicine, rubber and oil palm; China has the largest libraries and museums. Prato District of Abidjan Peninsula is the city center, the seat of the presidential palace, buildings, banks, railway stations, cultural and educational institutions and major commercial areas. The scenery along the lagoon is beautiful. 1983, the capital of C? te d 'Ivoire moved from Abidjan to Yamoussoukro, and Abidjan remained as the economic capital, while institutions and diplomatic missions remained in Abidjan. Abidjan added: The former capital and largest port city of Ivory Coast. On the coast of Lake Ebri in the Gulf of Guinea. The urban area extends from north to south for 25 kilometers, and the width from east to west is 15 kilometers, including Hunan, North Shore and Little Bassam Island in the lake, which are connected by railways and bridges. The population of suburbs is1.8000 (1.985). The residential area was formed at the end of19th century, and developed rapidly after 1950. It is the national political and economic center and transportation hub. Most industries in the country are concentrated here. There are oil refining, food, textile, wood processing, mechanical decoration and other departments. There is a Freddy Canal with a length of about 3.2 kilometers in the port, which connects the lagoon with the Gulf of Guinea and allows ships to enter and leave. The port has an annual throughput of 654.38+100 million tons, and exports cocoa, coffee, wood, bananas, cotton, rubber and manganese ore. The railway runs through Ouagadougou, the capital of Burkina Faso, and some import and export goods of Mali and Burkina Faso are transshipped through the railway. There is an international airport. The tropical rain forest along the lake has beautiful scenery and rich tourism resources. There are libraries, museums, national universities and so on. Location: Abidjan is located on the east bank of Lake Ebri on the southeast coast of C? te d 'Ivoire (full name: Republic of C? te d 'Ivoire), near the north side of the Gulf of Guinea. It is the largest port in Ivory Coast and the largest container port in West Africa. It is the economic capital (Yamoussoukro is the political capital) and transportation hub of Ivory Coast. There are bridges connecting the northern shore of Ebrier Lake and the central island of the lake, and there are railway trunk lines running through the north and south, which can directly reach Ouagadougou, the capital of Burkina FASO, a neighboring country in the north. Most industries in China are concentrated here, and the main industries are oil refining, food, textiles, wood processing and machinery. Petroleum smelting is the fastest-growing industry sector, with the largest oil refinery in French-speaking countries in Africa, with an annual output of about 4 million tons. This port is a distribution center for agricultural and forestry products. Ivory Coast ranks first in the world in cocoa production, accounting for about 1/3 of the world's total cocoa production. Coffee production ranks first in Africa and third in the world, second only to Brazil and Colombia. Other products such as palm oil, bananas, natural rubber and pineapples are also among the best in Africa. The port is also a famous water city in Africa, with more than 30 floors of "ivory hotels", and the ivory market is world-famous. Port International Airport is the largest airport in French-speaking countries in Africa. Headquartered in Abidjan, African Airlines has regular flights to all parts of the world. Climate Tropical rain forest climate, with an annual average maximum temperature of 30.65438 0℃ and an annual average minimum temperature of 23.5℃; The annual precipitation is 2 144mm, with rainy season from May to July and light rainy season from10-1. Brief introduction of Abidjan, the largest city and port in Ivory Coast. Population: 465,438+500,000 (2006). West Africa financial and trade center. With beautiful scenery, it is a famous tourist city in Africa and the largest tourist center in China. The former capital of ivory coast is now the economic capital of the Republic of ivory coast. It is the second largest city in West Africa, second only to Lagos, and also a famous port in West Africa. Located on the coast of the Gulf of Guinea (the southeast coast of the country, the northern shore of Lake Ebrier), it consists of Little Bassam Island and the northern shore of Lake Ebrier, and each island is connected with the mainland by a railway bridge. The population is about 2.5 million (1995 statistics). According to the port of Abidjan, the port belongs to the tropical rain forest climate. The annual average temperature is about 27℃. The average annual rainfall is about 2000 mm. There are 26 main wharf berths in the port area, the coastline is about 6085m long, and the maximum water depth is12.5 m. There are various shore cranes, portal cranes, heavy cranes, forklifts, floating cranes, tugboats and ro-ro facilities, among which the floating cranes have the maximum lifting capacity of 150 tons and the diameter is100 ~. Ln mile has offshore oil berths, which can berth up to 75,000 dwt oil tankers. The container yard in the port area has reached 600,000 square meters. The ship's anchoring depth is 30 meters. The storage facilities in Hong Kong's entrepot area cover an area of 600,000 square meters. The container throughput of 1992 is188,000 TEUs. The main export commodities are wood, cocoa, coffee, bananas, palm oil, ores, rubber, cottonseed and diamonds, while the main import commodities are grain, cement, machinery and equipment, fuel oil and consumer goods. The main trade targets are France, the United States, Italy, Germany, Mali, Burkina Faso, Benin and Nigeria. Abidjan international airport is the largest airport in West Africa, with 20 foreign airlines. There are thirty or forty international flights to and from Abidjan every day, and there are flights to more than ten major provincial capital cities in China every day. In addition to ensuring the growing domestic air transport demand, Abidjan has successively opened direct flights to Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso), Bamako (Mali) and Conakry (Guinea). 1985 In May, C? te d 'Ivoire was elected as the 10 member of the world aviation club on the African continent (the only French-speaking African country). In recent years, with the frequent economic and trade exchanges between Africa and China, Ethiopian Airlines has opened an Asian route between Abidjan and China. Especially since signing Beijing Fan Yuan International Transportation Service Co., Ltd. as a freight forwarding company, the air freight volume between China and C? te d 'Ivoire has been increasing day by day. Abidjan is also connected with the road network leading to all provinces and cities in the country. This road network has 3,765 kilometers of asphalt pavement, including expressway 140 kilometers and dirt road 50,000 kilometers. This road network also leads to neighboring countries Burkina Faso, Mali, Guinea, Ghana and Liberia. The port of Abidjan is connected with Burkina Faso and railways, and it is a land transportation hub in West Africa. Abidjan Port is the largest natural harbor in West Africa, covering an area of 250 hectares and a water area of 1 000 hectares. It is also an important seaport and distribution center for import and export goods in landlocked neighboring countries such as Mali and Burkina Faso. The port of Abidjan is also a transit port and transit point for other ports in Central Africa and West Africa. Every year, 500,000 tons of various materials are transported to Burkina Faso, Mali, Nigeria and other countries. The annual throughput is 9 million tons, and the container freight volume is 6.5438+0.4 million tons. The port of Abidjan is advantaged, with 10,000-ton ships passing through the canal of15km, which can reach Abidjan directly from the Atlantic Ocean. This canal is the "real umbilical cord" of Ivory Coast, connecting the sea passages around the world and becoming the key to the economic development of Ivory Coast. C? te d 'Ivoire is a country that exports a lot of agricultural products. The main export products are cocoa, coffee, wood, cotton, bananas, pineapples and palm oil. And most of them are exported abroad through the port of Abidjan. La Ville D'abidjan, the former capital of the Little Paris Republic, is one of the prosperous cities in Africa. The population is about 5 million. Known as "Little Paris in Africa", it is the economic capital of Ivory Coast. Abidjan is an important financial center in Africa. It has one of the densest financial networks in African countries. There are 42 financial institutions, including more than 20 banks and more than 40 branches. African Development Bank, Ivory Coast Industrial and Commercial Bank, Ivory Coast Bank and other famous buildings are all "behemoths" in Oichi. The World Bank West Africa Branch has an office building here, some international banks have set up offices here, and the Export-Import Bank of India has also started to operate. This banking system has played an important role in the economic development of Ivory Coast.