Yaouko
Federal Democratic Republic of Yaouko République Démocratique Federal du Yaouko (French) | |
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 Flag | |
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| Capital | Meidou |
| Official languages | French and English |
| Religion (2022) | 29.12% Christianity 28.67% Islam 17.98% Animism 17.82% Irreligion 6.41% Other |
| Demonym(s) | Yaoukonese |
| Government | |
• President | Joel Ibrahima |
• Prime Minister | Baptiste Julien Kabongo |
| Independence from France | |
• Independence from France | December 1, 1959 |
• Current Constitution | March 24, 1976 |
| Gini | 33.7 medium |
| HDI | 0.110 low |
| Currency | Central African CFA franc (XAF) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 |
| Driving side | right |
Yaouko, officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Yaouko is a country in West-central Africa. Its culture is highly diversified due to the presence of many tribes and different mix of races, languages and religions, all of them co-existing peacefully over the last few decades. For a long time, it was considered one of the most important ports in Africa. It's capital and largest city is Meidou.
History
In the Pre-history it is believed that many tribes inhabited what is Yaouko nowadays approximately 6 million years ago according to what was found by historians. Both fossil and human remains were found in the jungle a couple of decades ago which were analyzed and found that those remains belonged to a fossilized woman.
Previous to European conquest, Muslim tribes inhabited most of the territory and formed a caliphate under Akbar Youssane al-Dawalan leadership, who had a formidable relation with Animist neighbour tribes.
In 1774, a massive group of German sailors landed on the capital's port and began a 'lightning invasion' of Yaouko's territory. Many of the tribes were completely exterminated and their properties taken out by the new authorities.
The colonialists started a campaign of alphabetization and assimilation against the natives.