The city takes its name as a tribute to the assassinated French President Sadi Carnot.
Alphonse's granddaughter, who had married the son of Sadi-Carnot in 1910, would often stay at Syam.
Marie François Sadi Carnot (1837–1894), president of the third French Republic, and nephew of Nicolas Léonard Sadi Carnot
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The successful expedition across West Africa impressed the statesman Théophile Delcassé, who took Monteil to meet the President of France, Sadi Carnot on 4 May 1893.
Sante Geronimo Caserio (1873–1894), Italian anarchist and assassin of Marie François Sadi Carnot