Ivory Coast

sovereign state, republic, country
Part of	West Africa
Inception	1960
Official name	Repubblica della Costa d'Avorio, République de Côte d’Ivoire, Côte d'Ivoire, la République de Côte d’Ivoire, Republic of Côte d’Ivoire
Native label	République de Côte d'Ivoire
Short name	🇨🇮
IPA transcription	'ɛlfənbeːnsçʏstn̩
Dem name after	elephant ivory, coast
Official language	French
Anthem	L'Abidjanaise
Culture	culture of Ivory Coast
Motto text	Union – Discipline – Travail, Unity – Discipline – Work, Единство - дисциплина - труд
Continent	Africa
Country	Ivory Coast
Capital	Yamoussoukro
Located in time zone	UTC±00:00, Africa/Abidjan
Located in or next to body of water	Atlantic Ocean
Located in/on physical feature	West Africa
Coordinate location	8°0′0″N 6°0′0″W
Coordinates of easternmost point	8°12′23″N 2°29′35″W
Coordinates of northernmost point	10°43′48″N 6°15′0″W
Coordinates of southernmost point	4°21′43″N 7°31′30″W
Coordinates of westernmost point	6°30′23″N 8°36′7″W
Highest point	Mount Richard-Molard
Lowest point	Gulf of Guinea
Government ein basic form	republic
Office held by head of state	President of the Ivory Coast
State ein head	Alassane Ouattara
Office head of government hold	Prime Minister of Ivory Coast
Government ein head	Robert Beugré Mambé
Legislative body	Parliament of Ivory Coast
Central bank	Central Bank of West African States
Currency	West African CFA franc
Dey share bother plus	Burkina Faso, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Mali
Foundational text	Constitution of Ivory Coast
Driving side	right
Electrical plug type	Europlug, Type E
Dey replace	French West Africa
Production statistics	cocoa bean
Official website	http://www.gouv.ci
Hashtag	IvoryCoast
Top-level Internet domain	.ci
Flag	flag of Ivory Coast
Coat of arms	coat of arms of Ivory Coast
Geography of topic	geography of Ivory Coast
Get characteristic	partly free country
History of topic	history of Ivory Coast, history of Ivory Coast
Railway traffic side	left
Economy of topic	economy of Ivory Coast
Demographics of topic	demographics of Ivory Coast
Mobile country code	612
Country calling code	+225
Trunk prefix	no value
Emergency phone number	180, 185, 110, 111, 170
GS1 country code	618
Licence plate code	CI
Maritime identification digits	619
Unicode character	🇨🇮
Category for maps	Category:Maps of Ivory Coast

Ivory Coast alias Côte d'Ivoire, de Republic of Côte d'Ivoire be country wey dey southern coast of de West Africa. Ein capital be Yamoussoukro wey dey centre of de country, ebe de largest city wey de economic centre be de port city of Abidjan. Edey share borders plus Guinea go de northwest, Liberia go de west, Mali go de northwest, Burkina Faso go de northeast, Ghana go de east, edey Gulf of Guinea (Atlantic Ocean) go de south. Dema official language be French, dema indigenous languages dey plenty like Bété, Baoulé, Dioula, Dan, Anyin, den Cebaara Senufo. Dem get 78 different languages for Ivory Coast. De country get religiously diverse population, wey edey include chaw followers of Christianity, Islam den indigenous faiths like Animism.^[1]

Before ein colonization, na Ivory Coast be home give several states, wey dey include Gyaaman, de Kong Empire, den Baoulé. De area cam turn protectorate of France for 1843 insyd wey na dem consolidate am as French colony for 1893 insyd amid de Scramble for Africa. E achieve independence for 1960 insyd, Félix Houphouët-Boigny wey lead am, he rule de country til 1993. Relatively stable by regional standards, Ivory Coast establish close political-economic ties plus ein West African neighbours while e dey maintain close relations plus de West, especially France. Na coup d'état diminish ein stability for 1999 insyd, then two civil wars—first between 2002 den 2007^[2] den again during 2010–2011. E adopt fresh constitution for 2016 insyd.^[3]

Ivory Coast be republic plus strong executive power dem vest for ein presido. Thru de production of coffee den cocoa, na ebe economic powerhouse for West Africa insyd during de 1960s den 1970s, wey e experience economic crisis for de 1980s insyd, dey contribute go period of political den social turmoil wey dem extend til 2011. Ivory Coast san so experience high economic growth since de return of peace den political stability for 2011 insyd.From 2012 cam 2021, de economy grow by average of 7.4% per year insyd real terms, de second-fastest rate of economic growth for Africa insyd den fourth-fastest rate for de world insyd.^[4] For 2020 insyd, na Ivory Coast be de world largest exporter of cocoa beans wey e get high levels of income give ein region.^[5] For de 21st century insyd, de economy still dey rely heavily for agriculture top, plus smallholder cash-crop production dey predominate.^[6]

References[edit | edit source]

[1] ttps://www.gouv.ci/_actualite-article.php?recordID=13769

[2] ttps://web.archive.org/web/20090325153412/http://www.jfaconseil.com/jorci/2000/RCI%20JO%202000-30.pdf

[3] ttps://www.france24.com/en/20161102-ivory-coast-approves-new-constitution-referendum-opposition-boycott

[4] ttps://www.imf.org/en/Publications/WEO/weo-database/2022/April/weo-report?c=512,914,612,171,614,311,213,911,314,193,122,912,313,419,513,316,913,124,339,638,514,218,963,616,223,516,918,748,618,624,522,622,156,626,628,228,924,233,632,636,634,238,662,960,423,935,128,611,321,243,248,469,253,642,643,939,734,644,819,172,132,646,648,915,134,652,174,328,258,656,654,336,263,268,532,944,176,534,536,429,433,178,436,136,343,158,439,916,664,826,542,967,443,917,544,941,446,666,668,672,946,137,546,674,676,548,556,678,181,867,682,684,273,868,921,948,943,686,688,518,728,836,558,138,196,278,692,694,962,142,449,564,565,283,853,288,293,566,964,182,359,453,968,922,714,862,135,716,456,722,942,718,724,576,936,961,813,726,199,733,184,524,361,362,364,732,366,144,146,463,528,923,738,578,537,742,866,369,744,186,925,869,746,926,466,112,111,298,927,846,299,582,487,474,754,698,&s=NGDP_R,&sy=2011&ey=2021&ssm=0&scsm=1&scc=0&ssd=1&ssc=0&sic=0&sort=country&ds=.&br=1

[5] ttps://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-13287216

[6] ttps://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/cote-divoire/

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