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On September 19September 19 is the 262nd day of the year (263rd in leap years). There are 103 days remaining. Events 1356 In Battle of Poitiers English defeat French 1692 Giles Corey is pressed to death after refusing to plead in the Salem witch trials. 1777 First Battl, Korhogo was seized by disaffected former soldierCorporal, armed with an MP-5) A soldier is a person who has enlisted with, or was conscripted into, the armed forces of a sovereign country and has undergone training and received equipment to defend that country or its interests. Soldiers are a part of ss rebelling against the rule of PresidentPresident is a title held by many leaders of organizations, companies, universities, and countries. Etymologically, a "president" is one who presides, who sits in leadership (from Latin prae "before" + sedere "to sit"). Originally, the term usually referr Laurent GbagboLaurent Koudou Gbagbo (born May 31, 1945) is the president of Cote d'Ivoire (since 2000). From Gagnoa, he was professor of English at the University of Cocody-Abidjan, and later dean of the faculty of Languages and Cultures. He founded the Ivorian People'. The coup was allegedly led by Robert Guéï, the former military dictator overthrown in a popular uprising in 2000. Despite the formal cessation of hostilities between the government and revels in 2003, Korhogo remains unstable, with continued fighting between rival factions. In June 2004, forces loyal to rebel leader Guillaume Soro claimed that his Paris-based rival Ibrahim Coulibaly had attempted to assassinate Soro, leading to gun battles which left 22 dead in Korhogo. In August 2004, the United Nations’ Ivory Coast mission announced that three mass grave s, containing at least 99 bodies, had been discovered in the town.

Other facts:

• Geographical facts:
  • elevation: 380 metres / 1,250 feet
  • latitude: 09 25N; longitude: 005 37W
• Korhogo’s average annual rainfall is 1,243 mm, with the rainiest months being May- October. Its average year-round temperature is 26.6 degrees Celsius, with hottest months being February- April.
• Korhogo’s airport has the International Air Transport Association code HGO and the International Civil Aviation Organization code DIKO. Its one runway is 2,100 metres / 6,890 feet long, and receives domestic flights only.
• since 1994, Korhogo has been an Archdiocese of the Catholic church, providing for around 25,000 Catholics. Previously it was a Diocese, part of the Archdiocese of Abidjan.

Some of the above information has been adapted from AllRefer.com.