Yamoussoukro

Ivory Coast

Yamoussoukro is the capital city of Ivory Coast and an autonomous district. As of the 2014 census, Yamoussoukro is the third most populous city in the Ivory Coast, with a population of 361,893. Located 240 kilometers north-west of Abidjan, the district of Yamoussoukro covers 2,075 square kilometers among rolling hills and plains.

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Country: Ivory Coast
Population: 206,499
Latitude: 6.82° N
Longitude: 5.28° O

Which way is Yamoussoukro from…

From Paris, Yamoussoukro lies at 191° to the south, 4,729 km as the crow flies.

Paris	191° south	4,729 km
London	187° south	4,992 km
New York	99° east	7,726 km
Madrid	183° south	3,739 km
Rome	209° south-west	4,277 km
Montreal	101° east	7,783 km
Saint-Denis, Réunion	288° west	7,307 km

Bearings as the crow flies (great circle), measured from north. From somewhere else, the bearing changes: that’s the whole game.

Oùcécap’s take

South, simply: from London, Yamoussoukro is at 187°, 4,992 km away, and a flat map says nearly the same. From New York, however, the map would put it south-east (119°); the compass says 99°, east. To place it in Côte d’Ivoire, remember that Accra is 576 km to the east, and that faraway Colombo lies on the same latitude.