History of Ferkessedougou

onverted-space"> Samory Touré's Wassoulou Empire and the French colonial empire. Placed under the Côte d'Ivoire Colony of French West Africa in 1895, the completed section of the planned Abidjan-Niger Railway was constructed north and ended during the colonial period at Ferkessédougou town, lending it increased regional importance. Large scale cotton production was introduced by the French, which remains an important pillar of the local economy today. In the late 1970, Ferkessédougou was designated by the government one of their regional development hubs for industry processing agricultural goods. A 50,000 ton capacity sugar processing plant was built in this period.