Eloka Explained

Eloka
Settlement Type:Village
Pushpin Map:Ivory Coast
Pushpin Label Position:bottom
Pushpin Mapsize:300
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Ivory Coast
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:District
Subdivision Name1:Abidjan
Subdivision Type2:Sub-prefecture
Subdivision Name2:Bingerville
Unit Pref:Metric
Population Blank1 Title:Ethnicities
Timezone:GMT
Utc Offset:+0
Coordinates:5.3°N -48°W

Eloka is a village in south-eastern Ivory Coast. It is in the sub-prefecture of Bingerville in the Autonomous District of Abidjan. Prior to 2011, it was in the Abidjan Department, Lagunes Region.

Eloka was a commune until March 2012, when it became one of 1126 communes nationwide that were abolished.[1]

Eloka is famous for a French Council of State judgement of 1921 (when Ivory Coast was part of French West Africa), known as the "Le Bac d'Eloka" ("The Eloka boat"), which determined the public liability of government institutions for torts committed by public service concessionaires.[2]

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Notes and References

  1. http://news.abidjan.net/h/428492.html "Le gouvernement ivoirien supprime 1126 communes, et maintient 197 pour renforcer sa politique de décentralisation en cours"
  2. Book: Brown. L. Neville. French Administrative Law. Bell. John S.. Clarendon Press. 1998. 9780198765134. 5th. Oxford. 133.