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| REPUBLIC OF CÔTE D'IVOIRE (IVORY COAST) |
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| General Information |
Total Land Area: |
318,000 km2 |
Land boundaries: |
3,110 km |
Coastline: |
515 km |
Capital: |
Yamoussoukro |
Other Large Cities: |
Abidjan, Bouake, Daloa |
Official Language: |
French |
National Currency Unit: |
Communauté Financière Africaine Franc (XOF) |
National Day: |
7 August |
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| Location and Geography |
Côte d’Ivoire is located on the coast of West Africa. It is bounded by Liberia and Guinea on the South-west, by Mali and Burkina Faso on the North, by Ghana on the East, and by the Atlantic Ocean on the South. Lying close to the Equator, Côte d’Ivoire is tropical both in surface features and climate. The Northern half of the country consists of high savannah. Most of the Western border is shaped by mountain ranges culminating in Mount Nimba. It has four natural regions; the coastal fringe, the equatorial forest zone, the cultivated forest, and the Northern savannah and four main rivers; Comoe, Bandaman, Sassandra and Cavally. The middle of the country has suffered deforestation in favour of coffee and cocoa plants. Côte d’Ivoire is a transitional zone between the moist equatorial climate and the dry tropical climate.
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| Demography |
Population: |
17.871.895 million (2004) |
Crude Birth Rate: |
37 per thousand people (2004) |
Crude Death Rate: |
17 per thousand people (2004) |
Infant Mortality Rate: |
117 per thousand (2004) |
Life Expectancy: |
Male: 45 years, Female: 47 years (2004) |
Urban Population: |
45.0 percent (2004) |
Adult Literacy: |
48.10 percent (2003) |
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| Economy |
Agriculture forms the backbone of Côte d’Ivoire’s economy. The geographic location of the country gives it a wonderful climatic diversity leading to a variety of lands and vegetation zones. The main products are cocoa, coffee, sugar, rice, tobacco, shea, nut, cotton and rubber. Primary industries include textiles, leather, sugar, footwear, palm oil, and cocoa. The food industry sector is mainly based on flour milling, cocoa and coffee processing, and canning. Côte d’Ivoire is among the world’s largest producers and exporters of coffee, cocoa beans and palm oil. Natural resources of the country are petroleum, diamonds, manganese, iron ore, cobalt, bauxite, copper and hydropower.
GDP at Current Market Prices: |
16234.05 million US$ (2004) |
Per Capita GDP: |
797.58 US$ (2004) |
Share of Sectors in GDP: |
25.90% Agriculture, 21.0% Industry, 57.0% Services, (2003) |
Total Exports: |
5481.76 million US$ (2003) |
Total Imports: |
- million US$ (2004) |
Major Exports Items: |
Cocoa, coffee, tropical woods, petroleum, cotton and bananas |
Major Imports Items: |
Food, consumer goods, capital goods, fuel and transportation equipment |
Major Trading Partners: |
France, Togo, Singapore, Netherlands and China |
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| External Links |
Gouvernement de la République de Côte d’Ivoire
Le Conseil Economique et Social
Institut National de la Statistique
Banque des Etats de l’Afrique Centrale
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