| COUNTRY FACTS: COTE D'IVOIRE | |
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| Name(official): | Republic of Cote d'Ivoire |
| Name(short): | Cote d'Ivoire |
| Capital City: | Yamoussoukro |
| Location: | Western Africa, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean, between Ghana and Liberia. |
| Coordinate: | 8 00 N, 5 00 W |
| Independence: | (From France) August 7th; 1960. |
| President: |
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| Type of Government: | Republic |
| Total Area: | 322 460sq.km. |
| Population: | 17 654 843. |
| People: | 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) (1998 |
| Religion: | Muslim 35-40%, indigenous 25-40%, Christian 20-30% (2001). Note: The majority of foreigners (migratory workers) are Muslim (70%) and Christian (20%). |
| Languages: | French (official), 60 native dialects with Dioula the most widely spoken. |
| Literacy: | 50.9%total, 57.9%male, 43.6%female (2003 est.) |
| Currency: | CFAF |
| GDP(per capita): | $1 600 |
| Arable Land: | 10.23% (2005 est.) |
| Agriculture: | coffee, cocoa beans, bananas, palm kernels, corn, rice, manioc (tapioca), sweet potatoes, sugar, cotton, rubber; timber. |
| Natural resources: | petroleum, natural gas, diamonds, manganese, iron ore, cobalt, bauxite, copper, gold, nickel, tantalum, silica sand, clay, cocoa beans, coffee, palm oil, hydropower. |
| Embassy in Japan: | Embassy of the Republic of Cote d'Ivoire, Chancery: 2-19-12, Uehara, Shibuya-ku. Post Code: 151-0064, Tel. 03-5454-1401/2/3 Embassy of Republic of Cote d'Ivoire |
| General Info: | |
| International Phone Code: | +225 |
ECONOMY: BUSINESS, TRADE AND INVESTMENT
- Tourism:
MAJOR CITIES
Adbijan, Bouake, Yamoussoukro, Daloa, Korhogo, San Pedro.
NEWS
INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS:
- United Nations
- African Union
- ECOWAS
- CEN-SAD
- NEPAD
GOVERNMENT: ADMINISTRATIVE UNITS
19 regions; Agneby, Bafing, Bas-Sassandra, Denguele, Dix-Huit Montagnes, Fromager, Haut-Sassandra, Lacs, Lagunes, Marahoue, Moyen-Cavally, Moyen-Comoe, N'zi-Comoe, Savanes, Sud-Bandama, Sud-Comoe, Vallee du Bandama, Worodougou, Zanzan.