Abidjan Transport Company

Abidjan Transport Company
Native name
Société des transports Abidjanais
Company typePublic Establishment
IndustryPassenger, operations, infrastructure management and network engineering
Founded1960
Headquarters
Rue fishermen Vridi, Abidjan
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Côte d'Ivoire
Number of locations
Méité Bouaké
Productsbus, boat-bus
Total assets1610 agents
SubsidiariesSOTRA Tourism SOTRA Industries Institute SOTRA.
Websitehttp://www.sotra.ci/

The Abidjan Transport Company (French: Société des transports Abidjanais, abbreviated SOTRA) is the public transit provider for Abidjan, Ivory Coast and its suburbs. It is the first urban transport company organized in West Africa. SOTRA is a company that manages transit through its bus and water bus fleet. This company was created on December 16, 1960, to manage all modes of surface transportation, which were previously provided by private interests. Its status is that of a mixed economy company.