Koulikoro, Ivory Coast

Village in Montagnes, Ivory Coast

Koulikoro

Kouroukoro

Village

Koulikoro

Location in Ivory Coast

Coordinates: 7°49′N 7°10′W﻿ / ﻿7.817°N 7.167°W﻿ / 7.817; -7.167
Country|  Ivory Coast
District| Montagnes
Region| Tonkpi
Department| Biankouma
Sub-prefecture| Gbonné
Time zone| UTC+0 (GMT)

Koulikoro (also spelled Kouroukoro) is a village in western Ivory Coast. It is in the sub-prefecture of Gbonné, Biankouma Department, Tonkpi Region, Montagnes District. The area is mostly covered by rainforest.

## History

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On 14 July 1749 an annular solar eclipse took place around the village. 2 kilometres away, the greatest eclipse of the day occurred. and lasted 4 minutes, 46 seconds at 12:19 UTC.[1]

Koulikoro was a commune until March 2012, when it was abolished along with 1126 other communes in the country.[2]

## Notes

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1. ^ "Solar eclipse of July 14, 1749". NASA. Archived from the original on March 18, 2021. Retrieved March 20, 2017.
2. ^ "Le gouvernement ivoirien supprime 1126 communes, et maintient 197 pour renforcer sa politique de décentralisation en cours" Archived 2016-01-27 at the Wayback Machine, news.abidjan.net, 7 March 2012.

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