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Abobo
Suburb and commune in Abidjan, Ivory Coast

Abobo

Abobo is a northern suburb of Abidjan and one of the 10 urban communes of this city in Ivory Coast.

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Abobo is one of the most populated communes in the country with about 1.3 million inhabitants in an area of 6,925 ha (69.25 km2), a density of 193 inhabitants per hectare. Many of the residents are Muslim settlers from the north of the country.

How locals move

Getting around Abobo the local way

  • 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. Last edited 2026-09.

Text adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Photograph: SYLLA Cheick 225 (CC BY-SA 4.0), Wikimedia Commons.