Eloka

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
Village
Eloka
Location in Ivory Coast
Coordinates: 5°18′N 3°45′W
Country Ivory Coast
DistrictAbidjan
Sub-prefectureBingerville
Time zoneUTC+0 (GMT)

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 concesionaires.[2]

Notes

  1. "Le gouvernement ivoirien supprime 1126 communes, et maintient 197 pour renforcer sa politique de décentralisation en cours", news.abidjan.net, 7 March 2012.
  2. Brown, L. Neville; Bell, John S. (1998). French Administrative Law (5th ed.). Oxford: Clarendon Press. p. 133.



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