Sassandra

Sassandra is a town of Ivory Coast, at the edge of the Golfe of Guinea to the mouth of the river Sassandra.

History

The first Europeans appear in the Golfe of Guinea at the end of the 15th century: they are navigators Portuguese, whose intentions at the time were completely peaceful. Thus, in 1471, Joao de Santarem and Pedro de Escobar double the course of the palms and reach a river to which they give the name of San Andréa (which will be deformed then in Sassandra) like to the village located at her mouth.

In the years 1960, the port of the city was competed with by the new port of San-Pedro.

Economy

The fishing remains an important activity there. She is in particular exerted by an important Ghanaian community , in particular Fanti.

Education

Administration

A law of 1978 instituted 27 communes of full exercise on the territory of the country.

Interests

  • Beaches: Batélébré , Niézéko , Lateko , Labléga and especially Poliplage and Monogaga which accounts for 60 kms approximately on the road of San-Pedro.

  • the Mangrove
  • the bridge Weygand
  • National park of Gaoulou in the vicinity
  • has Louga , located at the confluence of 2 arms of the Sassandra river to 20 kms in north, of the Buffle S live in a zone of Savane.

Personalities related to the area

Close cities

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