Ivory Coast
Republic of Cote d'Ivoire
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About Ivory Coast
Cote d'Ivoire or Ivory Coast is a country that is mostly flat with lush green hills and mountains in northwest. Most of the inhabitants live along the sandy coastal region. Cote d'Ivoire has four main rivers that however are not navigable: the Comoe, the Bandaman, the Sassandra formed in the National Reserve of Mount Sanbge and the Cavally. The town of Man in the west of the country, lies in a region of forested mountains with nearby waterfalls, and is a popular tourist destination.
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General information
- Capital: Yamoussoukro
- Language: French (official), 60 native dialects with Dioula the most widely spoken
- Climate: Tropical along coast, semiarid in far north
- Timezone: UTC+0
- Currency: 1 Communaute Financiere Africaine franc (XOF) = 100 centimes
- Electricity plugs: c e (show)
- No. of inhabitants: 17,298,040 (July 2005 est.)
- Interl. accesscode +225
- Toplevel domain .ci
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The culture of Côte d'Ivoire is ethnically diverse, with more than sixty indigenous ethnic groups that are living in the country.
Religion: Muslim,Indigenous, Christian
National holiday: Independence Day, 7 August (1960)
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