| Country (long form) |
Republic of Cote d'Ivoire |
| Capital |
Yamoussoukro
note: although Yamoussoukro has been the capital since 1983, Abidjan remains
the administrative center; the US, like other countries, maintains its
Embassy in Abidjan |
| Total Area |
124,502.50 sq mi
322,460.00 sq km
(slightly larger than New Mexico) |
| Population |
15,980,950 (July 2000 est.)
note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of
excess mortality due to AIDS |
| Estimated Population in 2050 |
35,707,824 |
| Languages |
French (official), 60 native dialects with Dioula the
most widely spoken |
| Literacy |
48.5% total, 57.0% male, 40.0% female |
| Religions |
Muslim 60%, Christian 22%, indigenous 18% |
| Life Expectancy |
43.72 male, 46.63 female (2000 est.) |
| Government Type |
republic |
| Currency |
1 Communaute Financiere Africaine franc (CFAF) = 100
centimes |
| GDP (per capita) |
$1,600 (1999 est.) |
| Labor Force (by occupation) |
N/A |
| Industry |
foodstuffs, beverages; wood products, oil refining,
automobile assembly, textiles, fertilizer, construction materials,
electricity |
| Agriculture |
coffee, cocoa beans, bananas, palm kernels, corn, rice,
manioc (tapioca), sweet potatoes, sugar, cotton, rubber; timber |
| Arable Land |
8% |
| Exports |
cocoa 37%, coffee, tropical woods, petroleum, cotton,
bananas, pineapples, palm oil, cotton, fish |
| Imports |
food, consumer goods; capital goods, fuel, transport
equipment |
| Natural Resources |
petroleum, diamonds, manganese, iron ore, cobalt,
bauxite, copper, hydropower |
| Current Environmental Issues |
deforestation (most of the country's forests - once the
largest in West Africa - have been cleared by the timber industry); water
pollution from sewage and industrial and agricultural effluents |
| Telephones (main lines in use) |
182,000 (1998) |
| Telephones (mobile cellular) |
60,000 (December 1998) |
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