Treichville is a commune of Abidjan

Abidjan

Abidjan is the economic and former official capital of Côte d'Ivoire, while the current capital is Yamoussoukro. it was the largest city in the nation and the third-largest French-speaking city in the world, after Paris, and Kinshasa but before Montreal...

, Côte d'Ivoire

Côte d'Ivoire

The Republic of Côte d'Ivoire or Ivory Coast is a country in West Africa. It has an area of , and borders the countries Liberia, Guinea, Mali, Burkina Faso and Ghana; its southern boundary is along the Gulf of Guinea. The country's population was 15,366,672 in 1998 and was estimated to be...

. The commune is known as one of the most lively in the city, specially around the Crossroad France-Amérique. The streets have no name but numbers from 1 to 25. The commune is served by a railway station belonging to the RAN. The railway operates to Ouagadougou

Ouagadougou

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, in Burkina Faso

Burkina Faso

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, and takes around 30 hours.

Its name comes from Marcel Treich-Laplène

Marcel Treich-Laplène

Marcel Treich-Laplene was the first explorer of Côte d'Ivoire and its first colonial administrator....

 (1860-1890), who was French resident in Côte d'Ivoire.

Its current mayor

Mayor

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, elected at the municipal election in March 2001 is François Amichia

François Amichia

François Albert Amichia is an Ivorian politician. He is a member of the Democratic Party of Côte d'Ivoire - African Democratic Rally . He was the mayor of Treichville and held the post of sports minister and the minister of tourism.In 2002, he was held hostage in Bouaké in the center of the...

, former minister

Minister (government)

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 of tourism

Tourism

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.

In March and April of 2011, Treichville was caught up in the 2010–2011 Ivorian crisis

2010–2011 Ivorian crisis

The 2010–11 Ivorian crisis was a political crisis in Côte d'Ivoire which began after Laurent Gbagbo, the President of Côte d'Ivoire since 2000, was proclaimed the winner of the Ivorian election of 2010, the first election in the country in 10 years...

 and many people there were killed.

Monuments, Infrastructures

• State swimming pool of Treichville
• Omnisport Palace of Treichville
• Sports Park
• Cultural Palace
• Street 12
• Street 16
• Abidjan Racecourse
• The Living Room (former Boulevard of Stars)

Twinships

The city is twinned to:

• Kumasi
  Kumasi
  Kumasi is a city in southern central Ghana's Ashanti region. It is located near Lake Bosomtwe, in the Rain Forest Region about northwest of Accra. Kumasi is approximately north of the Equator and north of the Gulf of Guinea...
  
   in Ghana
  Ghana
  Ghana , officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country located in West Africa. It is bordered by Côte d'Ivoire to the west, Burkina Faso to the north, Togo to the east, and the Gulf of Guinea to the south...
  
  
• Lamentin
  Le Lamentin
  Le Lamentin is a town and the second-largest commune in the French overseas department of Martinique.It is located in the center of the island of Martinique, and is part of the metropolitan area of Fort-de-France, the largest conurbation in Martinique. In the 1999 census, Le Lamentin had a...
  
   in France
  France
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  (Soon)

External links

• Cathedral of Treichville Early 20th century image of Cathedral of Treichville at USC
• Mosquée de Treichville Picture of the Treichville mosque, showing its location on a map of Abidjan