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Cocody, is an upmarket suburb of
AbidjanAbidjan is the economic and former official capital of Côte d'Ivoire . It is the largest city in the nation, and the third largest French speaking city in the world. It has, according to the authorities of the country in 2006, 5,068,858 residents in the municipal area and 3,796,677 residents in the...
, marked by its abundance of
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s. Cocody is where most of the wealthy business people,
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s, and other affluent people live. The
Université de CocodyThe University of Cocody-Abidjan is a university in the Cocody section of Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire. It is one of the elite universities in the country and region...
http://www.ucocody.ci/ is located in Cocody.
Additionally, a native food of Cote D'Ivoire, the alloco, can be purchased here at the allocodrome de Cocody.
In 1965 a film was released entitled
Man from CocodyMan from Cocody or Le Gentleman de Cocody is a 1965 French film directed by Christian-Jaque. Cocody is a district of Abidjan.-Cast:*Jean Marais ... Jean-Luc Hervé de la Tommeraye*Liselotte Pulver ... Baby*Philippe Clay ... Renaud Lefranc...
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