Info about Cote d Ivoire

Côte d'Ivoire (also known as the Ivory Coast), in western Africa on the Gulf of Guinea, is a little larger than New Mexico. Its neighbors are Liberia, Guinea, Mali, Burkina Faso, and Ghana. The country consists of a coastal strip in the south, dense forests in the interior, and savannas in the north.

Capital
Abidjan - 3 516 000 people
all city from Cote d Ivoire

Country lead by
President: Laurent Gbagbo (2000)
Prime Minister: Charles Konan Banny (transitional) (2005)

Population
17,654,843 (growth rate: 2.0%); birth rate: 35.1/1000; infant mortality rate: 89.1/1000; life expectancy: 48.8; density per sq mi: 144

Land Area
122,780 sq mi (318,000 sq km); total area: 124,502 sq mi (322,460 sq km)

Monetary unit
CFA Franc

Language
French (official) and African languages (Dioula esp.)

Ethnicity
Akan 42.1%, Voltaiques (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
indigenous 25%–40%, Islam 35%–40%, Christian 20%–30% (2001)

Transportation
Railways: total: 660 km (2004). Highways: total: 50,400 km; paved: 4,889 km; unpaved: 45,511 km (1999 est.). Waterways: 980 km (navigable rivers, canals, and numerous coastal lagoons) (2003). Ports and harbors: Abidjan, Aboisso, Dabou, San-Pedro. Airports: 37 (2004 est.).

Internet tld
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