Cote d'Ivoire 

Capital: Yamoussoukro Population: 20,617,068 Official Languages: French Time Zone: +0 Dialing Code: +225

Government: Presidential republic Area: 322,463 km2 largest city: Yamoussoukro Currency : West African CFA ISO 3166 code: CI

Basic Info

Ivory Coast or Côte d'Ivoire, officially the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire, is a country in West Africa. It has an area of 322,462 square kilometres (124,503 sq mi), and borders the countries Liberia, Guinea, Mali, Burkina Faso, and Ghana its southern boundary is along the Gulf of Guinea. The country's population was 15,366,672 in 1998 and was estimated to be 20,617,068 in 2009. Ivory Coast's first national census in 1975 counted 6.7 million inhabitants

Geography

Ivory Coast is a country of western sub-Saharan Africa. It borders Liberia and Guinea in the west, Mali and Burkina Faso in the north, Ghana in the east, and the Gulf of Guinea (Atlantic Ocean) in the south. The country lies between latitudes 4° and 11°N, and longitudes 2° and 9°W.

Climate

The climate of Ivory Coast is generally warm and humid, ranging from equatorial in the southern coasts to tropical in the middle and semiarid in the far north. There are three seasons: warm and dry (November to March), hot and dry (March to May), and hot and wet (June to October). Temperatures average between 25 and 32 °C (77 and 89.6 °F) and range from 10 to 40 °C (50 to 104 °F).

Religion

Religion in Ivory Coast remains very heterogeneous, with islam (almost all Sunni muslims) and Christianity (mostly Roman Catholic) being the major religions. muslims dominate the north, while Christians dominate the south. In 2009, according to U.S. Department of State estimates, Christians and muslims each made up 35 to 40% of the population, while an estimated 25% of the population practiced traditional religions. Ivory Coast's capital, Yamoussoukro, is home to the largest church building in the world, the Basilica of Our Lady of Peace of Yamoussoukro.

Administrative divisions

Ivory Coast is divided into nineteen regions (régions):

1 Agneby 2 Bafing 3 Bas-Sassandra 4 Denguele 5 Dix-Huit Montagnes 6 Fromager 7 Haut-Sassandra 8 Lacs 9 Lagunes 10 Marahoue

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11 Moyen-Cavally 12 Moyen-Comoe 13 N'zi-Comoe 14 Savanes 15 Sud-Bandama 16 Sud-Comoe 17 Vallee du Bandama 18 Worodougou 19 Zanzan

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