Côte d'Ivoire
| Republic of Côte d'Ivoire
République de Côte-d'Ivoire
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| Motto: Union – Discipline – Travail (French: Unity – Discipline – Labour) |
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| Anthem: "L'Abidjanaise" "Song of Abidjan" |
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 Location of Ivory Coast within the African Union
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| Capital | Yamoussoukro 6°51′N 5°18′W / 6.85°N 5.3°W |
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| Largest city | Abidjan | |||||
| Official language(s) | French | |||||
| Vernacular languages | Dioula, Baoulé, Dan, Anyin and Cebaara Senufo among others | |||||
| Ethnic groups (1998) | Akan 42.1% Voltaiques or Gur 17.6% Northern Mandes 16.5% Krous 11% Southern Mandes 10% other 2.8% (includes 130,000 Lebanese and 14,000 French) |
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| Demonym | Ivorian/Ivoirian | |||||
| Government | Presidential republic | |||||
| - | President | Alassane Ouattara | ||||
| - | Prime Minister | Jeannot Ahoussou-Kouadio | ||||
| Independence | ||||||
| - | from France | 7 August 1960 | ||||
| Area | ||||||
| - | Total | 322,460 km2 (69th) 124,502 sq mi |
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| - | Water (%) | 1.4 | ||||
| Population | ||||||
| - | 2009 estimate | 20,617,068 (56th) | ||||
| - | 1998 census | 15,366,672 | ||||
| - | Density | 63.9/km2 (139th) 165.6/sq mi |
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| GDP (PPP) | 2010 estimate | |||||
| - | Total | $37.020 billion[1] | ||||
| - | Per capita | $1,680[1] | ||||
| GDP (nominal) | 2010 estimate | |||||
| - | Total | $22.823 billion[1] | ||||
| - | Per capita | $1,036[1] | ||||
| Gini (2002) | 44.6 (medium) | |||||
| HDI (2007) |  0.484[2] (low) (163rd) |
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| Currency | West African CFA franc (XOF) |
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| Time zone | GMT (UTC+0) | |||||
| - | Summer (DST) | not observed (UTC+0) | ||||
| Drives on the | right | |||||
| Internet TLD | .ci | |||||
| Calling code | 225 | |||||
| a Estimates for this country take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower population than would otherwise be expected. | ||||||
The Republic of Côte d'Ivoire (how to say: /ˌkoʊt dɪˈvwɑr/; French: [kot diˈvwaʁ]), commonly known in English as Ivory Coast, is a country in West Africa. People who live there speak French. It used to be called the Ivory Coast. Some people in the USA still call it this, but it is not the official name.
Coffee, cocoa, bananas, and rubber are all sold from here.
From the 1960s to the mid-1980s, Cote d'Ivoire was managed well by the government. There was one president for this time. The economic growth and development of the country were among the best in the world.
After the mid-1980s the country became hard to live in. The cost of coffee and cocoa went down so people could not make as much money. The first president died, and a civil war took place. Today it relies on smaller crops.[3]
The capital of Côte d'Ivoire is Yamoussoukro; its biggest city is Abidjan. Other cities can be found at List of cities in Côte d'Ivoire.
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Geography [change]
The Ivory Coast is shaped like a square. It borders the Gulf of Guinea to the south and five other African nations. Liberia is to the southwest, Guinea to the northwest, Mali to the north-northwest, Burkina Faso to the north-northeast, and Ghana to the east.
Regions [change]
Ivory Coast is divided into nineteen regions. The regions are further divided into 81 departments.
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References [change]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Côte d'Ivoire". International Monetary Fund. http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/weo/2011/01/weodata/weorept.aspx?pr.x=57&pr.y=9&sy=2008&ey=2010&scsm=1&ssd=1&sort=country&ds=.&br=1&c=662&s=NGDPD%2CNGDPDPC%2CPPPGDP%2CPPPPC%2CLP&grp=0&a=. Retrieved 21 April 2011.
- ↑ "Human Development Report 2009. Human development index trends: Table G" (PDF). The United Nations. http://hdr.undp.org/en/media/HDR_2009_EN_Complete.pdf. Retrieved 17 October 2009.
- ↑ https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/iv.html
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