Cocody
Cocody is one of the 10 urban communes of Abidjan, Ivory Coast.
Cocody is one of the 10 urban communes of Abidjan, Ivory Coast. It is upmarket and has an abundance of mansions. Cocody is where most of the wealthy businesspeople, ambassadors, and other affluent people live in Abidjan. The Université Félix Houphouët-Boigny is located in Cocody.
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Worth seeing in and around Cocody
5 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Félix Houphouët Boigny University
Université Félix Houphouët-Boigny, formerly known as Université de Cocody or Université de Cocody-Abidjan, is a public university located in the Cocody section of Abidjan and the largest in Côte d'Ivoire. With over 50,000 students, the UFHB has 13 faculties and several research centers providing diplomas from two-year undergraduate to professional academic, medical, legal, and specialist degrees.
2.2 km · university in côte d'ivoire · Wikipedia - 02Université catholique de l'Afrique de l'Ouest
Université catholique de l'Afrique de l'Ouest or Catholic University of West Africa was founded in 1967 as the Higher Institute of Religious Culture; later it became a university. It is situated in Abidjan, Ivory Coast.
3.9 km · university in Abidjan, Ivory Coast · Wikipedia - 03Henri Konan Bédié Bridge
Henri Konan Bédié Bridge, also known as the HKB Bridge or Third Bridge, is a road bridge and expressway linking the north and south of Abidjan. The 1.5 km viaduct crosses the Ébrié Lagoon connecting the districts of Cocody and Marcory.
3.5 km · bridge in Ivory Coast · Wikipedia - 04Abidjan Ivory Coast Temple
The Abidjan Ivory Coast Temple is a temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Abidjan, Ivory Coast. The intent to construct the temple was announced by church president Thomas S. Monson on April 5, 2015, during general conference.
1.8 km · Temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints · Wikipedia - 05École normale supérieure
The École normale supérieure d'Abidjan is a higher education institution in Côte d'Ivoire established in 1964. It operates under the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research and focuses on the pedagogical training of educators for secondary education, as well as research and development of educational tools.
2.2 km · university in côte d'ivoire · Wikipedia
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Getting to Cocody
- Airports
- Félix-Houphouët-Boigny (ABJ), 11 km
- Kumasi → Cocody301 km · quickest by air, 6h 50m · GH₵1,070–1,650
- Accra → Cocody421 km · quickest by air, 5h 24m · GH₵1,210–1,870
- Tamale → Cocody568 km · quickest by air, 7h 57m · GH₵1,480–2,290
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Cocody
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Cocody. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inWhether you're in a private car, taxi, or gbaka (the shared minibuses) you will be stopped at various official (and unofficial) checkpoints where they will delay you at the very least and try to shake down a bribe at the worst.
- Get aroundIf you just need to cross the lagoon and can make use of one of the ferry routes, by all means take it.
- Get aroundYou can take a ferry from the It takes 15 minutes and costs only CFA 150 to get you to A commuter railway system is under construction, the first section is expected to open in 2025.
- Go nextJacqueville - A small, relaxing beach town that sits about an hour from Abidjan with a short, 450-m ferry across the lagoon.
From Wikivoyage: Abidjan, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.
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Next door to Cocody
Cocody is 4 km from Abidjan, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.