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Where is Grand-Bassam? (CI)

Grand-Bassam is a city located in CI.
Latitude 5.2118 Longitude -3.73884

  Grand-Bassam location on the CI map

Information about Grand-Bassam

• City: Grand-Bassam
• Country: CI
• Latitude: 5.2118
• Longitude: -3.73884
• Time Zone: Africa/Abidjan

City of Grand-Bassam

Grand-Bassam (French pronunciation: [ɡʁɑ̃ basam]) is a town in southeastern Ivory Coast, lying east of Abidjan. It is a sub-prefecture of and the seat of Grand-Bassam Department; it is also a commune. During the late 19th century, Grand-Bassam was briefly the French colonial capital of Ivory Coast. Because of its outstanding examples of colonial architecture and town-planning, and the juxtaposition of the colonial town with a traditional Nzema village, the historic center of Grand-Bassam was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2012. In 2021, the population of the sub-prefecture of Grand-Bassam was 124,567.
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