Metroji clue #59

Abidjan in five emoji

Côte d'Ivoire

The economic capital, though Yamoussoukro has held the official title since 1983. It is built around a lagoon, which is why the bridges matter so much.

What each emoji refers to

The lagoon splits the city, and the two main bridges carry everything between the north and the south.
The Plateau district went up in the 1970s and gets called the Manhattan of the tropics locally.
Côte d'Ivoire grows more cocoa than any other country, and most of it is processed somewhere else.
Coupé-décalé started among Ivorians in Paris in the early 2000s and came back home.
Wooden pinasses still cross the lagoon as ordinary transport rather than as a tourist ride.

Abidjan at a glance

Country
Côte d'Ivoire
Coordinates
5.36° N, 4.01° W
First played
Also accepted
Ivory Coast

Nearest cities in the game

Distances are great-circle, the same measure the game reports after a wrong guess. The arrow is the direction you would need to travel from Abidjan.

City Distance Direction
YamoussoukroCôte d'Ivoire 220 km
AccraGhana 420 km
LoméTogo 590 km
Porto-NovoBenin 740 km
MonroviaLiberia 760 km
OuagadougouBurkina Faso 830 km

Today's city is a different one

Metroji picks a new city every day at midnight, wherever you are. Everyone gets the same one, so scores are comparable.

Play today's puzzle Replay Abidjan