Daloa is a town in Daloa Department

Daloa Department

Daloa Department is one of the departments of Côte d'Ivoire. It is one of three departments of Haut-Sassandra Region....

 of Côte d'Ivoire

Côte d'Ivoire

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, lying west of Yamoussoukro

Yamoussoukro

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 in Haut-Sassandra Region. It has a population of over 100,000. The town is a regional capital and an important trading centre, particularly for cocoa. During the Côte d'Ivoire Civil War, it has been regularly contested, and it was allegedly the site of a massacre by government troops in October 2002.

People from Daloa include Ernesto Djédjé

Ernesto Djédjé

Ernesto Djédjé was an Ivorian musician from Daloa. His parents were Wolof and Bété. Djédjé began playing music at fifteen when he became a guitarist with Ivoiro Star, a leading dopé band, in 1962. He moved to Paris in 1968 and became a student...

. The town is served by Daloa Airport

Daloa Airport

Daloa Airport is an airport serving Daloa in Côte d'Ivoire....

.

The city is home to the Roman Catholic Diocese of Daloa, with its cathedral at Cathédrale du Christ-Roi.

Twin towns

Daloa is twinned with:

Pau, France

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, since 1984 Campinas

Campinas

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, Brazil

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, since 1982