Jacqueville

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Jacqueville is one of the fifty-eight departments of Côte d'Ivoire, and also the name of the chief town of that department. The town of Jacqueville is so named because it was the first place in Côte d'Ivoire where the Union Jack was raised when the British originally occupied the country. It grew as a French colonial slave port but is now primarily a fishing port and seaside resort.

It is virtually an island, separated from most of the country by the Ébrié Lagoon, its other shore being on the Gulf of Guinea. The only road involves taking a ferry across the lagoon. Amongst other things it is noteworthy for the local pineapples ("ananas sauvage") which are long narrow and have completely white, very sweet and have completely unacidic flesh. When nitrate fertilisers are used in their cultivation they become yellow and taste much more like a conventional pineapple.

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Departments of Côte d'Ivoire

Abengourou • Abidjan • Aboisso • Adiaké • Adzopé • Agboville • Agnibilékrou • Alépé • Bocanda • Bangolo • Béoumi • Biankouma • Bondoukou • Bongouanou • Bouaflé • Bouaké • Bouna • Boundiali • Dabakala • Dabou • Daloa • Danané • Daoukro • Dimbokro • Divo • Duékoué • Ferkessédougou • Gagnoa • Grand-Bassam • Grand-Lahou • Guiglo • Issia • Jacqueville • Katiola • Korhogo • Lakota • Man • Mankono • Mbahiakro • Odienné • Oumé • Sakassou • San Pédro • Sassandra • Séguéla • Sinfra • Soubré • Tabou • Tanda • Tiébissou • Tingréla • Tiassalé • Touba • Toulépleu • Toumodi • Vavoua • Yamoussoukro • Zuénoula

Coordinates: 5°12′N, 4°25′W