Jacqueville () is a coastal town in southern

Ivory Coast Ivory Coast, also known as Côte d'Ivoire and officially the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire, is a country on the southern coast of West Africa. Its capital city of Yamoussoukro is located in the centre of the country, while its largest List of ci ...

. It is a

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of and the seat of

Jacqueville Department Jacqueville Department (, ) or simply Jacqueville, is a department of Grands-Ponts Region, Lagunes District, Ivory Coast. In 2021, its population was 80,593, and its seat is the settlement of Jacqueville. The sub-prefectures of the department ar ...

Grands-Ponts Region Grands-Ponts Region (also originally known as Leboutou Region) is one of the 31 Regions of Ivory Coast, regions of Ivory Coast. Since its establishment in 2011, it has been one of three regions in Lagunes District. The seat of the region is Dabou a ...

Lagunes District Lagunes District (, , ) is one of fourteen administrative districts of Ivory Coast. The district is located in the southern part of the country. The capital of the district is Dabou. Creation Lagunes District was created in a 2011 administrative ...

. Jacqueville is also a commune. The town is 40 kilometres west of

Abidjan Abidjan ( , ; N'Ko script, N'ko: ߊߓߌߖߊ߲߬) is the largest city and the former capital of Ivory Coast. As of the Demographics of Ivory Coast, 2021 census, Abidjan's population was 6.3 million, which is 21.5 percent of the overall population ...

. Jacqueville is so named because it was the first place in Ivory Coast where the

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was raised when the

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originally occupied the country. It grew as a

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colonial

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, but is now primarily a

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and

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. Jacqueville is virtually an island, separated from most of the country by the

Ébrié Lagoon The Ébrié Lagoon lies in Ivory Coast, separated for almost all of its length from the Atlantic Ocean by a narrow coastal strip. The long lagoon is linked to the sea by the Vridi Canal, while the Comoë River flows into it. The lagoon averages ...

, its other shore being on the

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. Until March 2015, when a 776-metre bridge was opened, the only way to reach the island involved taking a

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across the lagoon. Jacqueville is noteworthy for the local

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s ("ananas sauvage"), which are long narrow and have completely white and very sweet flesh. When nitrate fertilisers are used in their cultivation they become yellow and taste much more like a conventional pineapple. In 2014, the population of the sub-prefecture of Jacqueville was 32,288.

Villages

The 23 villages of the sub-prefecture of Jacqueville and their population in 2014 are:

References

Sub-prefectures of Grands-Ponts Communes of Grands-Ponts {{Lagunes-geo-stub