Cocody, is an upmarket suburb of Abidjan

Abidjan

Abidjan is the economic and former official capital of Côte d'Ivoire, while the current capital is Yamoussoukro. it was the largest city in the nation and the third-largest French-speaking city in the world, after Paris, and Kinshasa but before Montreal...

, marked by its abundance of mansion

Mansion

A mansion is a very large dwelling house. U.S. real estate brokers define a mansion as a dwelling of over . A traditional European mansion was defined as a house which contained a ballroom and tens of bedrooms...

s. Cocody is where most of the wealthy business people, ambassador

Ambassador

An ambassador is the highest ranking diplomat who represents a nation and is usually accredited to a foreign sovereign or government, or to an international organization....

s, and other affluent people live. The Université de Cocody

Université de Cocody

The University of Cocody-Abidjan is a university in the Cocody section of Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire. It is one of the elite universities in the country and region...

 http://www.ucocody.ci/ is located in Cocody.

Additionally, a native food of Cote D'Ivoire, the alloco, can be purchased here at the allocodrome de Cocody.

In 1965 a film was released entitled Man from Cocody

Man from Cocody

Man from Cocody is a French adventure film from 1965 set in Cocody, Ivory Coast. It was directed by Christian-Jaque, written by Christian-Jaque and Jacques Emmanuel, starring Jean Marais...

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Alpha Blondy

Alpha Blondy

Alpha Blondy is a reggae singer and international recording artist. Alpha Blondy was born Seydou Koné in Dimbokro, Côte d'Ivoire. He sings mainly in his native language of Dioula, in French and English, and sometimes in Arabic or Hebrew...

wrote a song about Cocody, called Cocody Rock.