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- THE WORLD FACTBOOK
- Cote d'Ivoire
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- Affiliation:
- (also known as Ivory Coast)
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- Geography
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- Location:
- Western Africa, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean, between Ghana and
- Liberia
- Map references:
- Africa
- Area:
- total area:
- 322,460 sq km
- land area:
- 318,000 sq km
- comparative area:
- slightly larger than New Mexico
- Land boundaries:
- total 3,110 km, Burkina 584 km, Ghana 668 km, Guinea 610 km, Liberia 716 km,
- Mali 532 km
- Coastline:
- 515 km
- Maritime claims:
- continental shelf:
- 200 nm
- exclusive economic zone:
- 200 nm
- territorial sea:
- 12 nm
- International disputes:
- none
- Climate:
- tropical along coast, semiarid in far north; three seasons - warm and dry
- (November to March), hot and dry (March to May), hot and wet (June to
- October)
- Terrain:
- mostly flat to undulating plains; mountains in northwest
- Natural resources:
- petroleum, diamonds, manganese, iron ore, cobalt, bauxite, copper
- Land use:
- arable land:
- 9%
- permanent crops:
- 4%
- meadows and pastures:
- 9%
- forest and woodland:
- 26%
- other:
- 52%
- Irrigated land:
- 620 sq km (1989 est.)
- Environment:
- current 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
- natural hazards:
- coast has heavy surf and no natural harbors; during the rainy season
- torrential flooding is possible
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- Geography
- international agreements:
- party to - Biodiversity, Climate Change, Endangered Species, Hazardous
- Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer
- Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 83; signed, but not ratified -
- Desertification
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- People
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- Population:
- 14,791,257 (July 1995 est.)
- Age structure:
- 0-14 years:
- 48% (female 3,506,147; male 3,534,751)
- 15-64 years:
- 50% (female 3,619,759; male 3,820,999)
- 65 years and over:
- 2% (female 142,366; male 167,235) (July 1995 est.)
- Population growth rate:
- 3.38% (1995 est.)
- Birth rate:
- 46.17 births/1,000 population (1995 est.)
- Death rate:
- 14.95 deaths/1,000 population (1995 est.)
- Net migration rate:
- NA migrant(s)/1,000 population (1995 est.)
- note:
- since 1989, over 350,000 refugees have fled to Cote d'Ivoire to escape the
- civil war in Liberia; if a lasting peace is achieved in Liberia in 1995,
- large numbers of refugees can be expected to return to their homes
- Infant mortality rate:
- 93.1 deaths/1,000 live births (1995 est.)
- Life expectancy at birth:
- total population:
- 48.87 years
- male:
- 46.52 years
- female:
- 51.29 years (1995 est.)
- Total fertility rate:
- 6.61 children born/woman (1995 est.)
- Nationality:
- noun:
- Ivorian(s)
- adjective:
- Ivorian
- Ethnic divisions:
- Baoule 23%, Bete 18%, Senoufou 15%, Malinke 11%, Agni, foreign Africans
- (mostly Burkinabe and Malians, about 3 million), non-Africans 130,000 to
- 330,000 (French 30,000 and Lebanese 100,000 to 300,000)
- Religions:
- indigenous 25%, Muslim 60%, Christian 12%
- Languages:
- French (official), 60 native dialects; Dioula is the most widely spoken
- Literacy:
- age 15 and over can read and write (1988)
- total population:
- 34%
- male:
- 44%
- female:
- 23%
- Labor force:
- 5.718 million
- by occupation:
- over 85% of population engaged in agriculture, forestry, livestock raising;
- about 11% of labor force are wage earners, nearly half in agriculture and
- the remainder in government, industry, commerce, and professions
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- Government
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- Names:
- conventional long form:
- Republic of Cote d'Ivoire
- conventional short form:
- Cote d'Ivoire
- local long form:
- Republique de Cote d'Ivoire
- local short form:
- Cote d'Ivoire
- former:
- Ivory Coast
- Digraph:
- IV
- Type:
- republic; multiparty presidential regime established 1960
- Capital:
- Yamoussoukro
- note:
- although Yamoussoukro has been the capital since 1983, Abidjan remains the
- administrative center; foreign governments, including the United States,
- maintain presence in Abidjan
- Administrative divisions:
- 50 departments (departements, singular - departement); Abengourou, Abidjan,
- Aboisso, Adzope, Agboville, Agnibilekrou, Bangolo, Beoumi, Biankouma,
- Bondoukou, Bongouanou, Bouafle, Bouake, Bouna, Boundiali, Dabakala, Daloa,
- Danane, Daoukro, Dimbokro, Divo, Duekoue, Ferkessedougou, Gagnoa,
- Grand-Lahou, Guiglo, Issia, Katiola, Korhogo, Lakota, Man, Mankono,
- Mbahiakro, Odienne, Oume, Sakassou, San-Pedro, Sassandra, Seguela, Sinfra,
- Soubre, Tabou, Tanda, Tingrela, Tiassale, Touba, Toumodi, Vavoua,
- Yamoussoukro, Zuenoula
- Independence:
- 7 August 1960 (from France)
- National holiday:
- National Day, 7 December
- Constitution:
- 3 November 1960; has been amended numerous times, last time November 1990
- Legal system:
- based on French civil law system and customary law; judicial review in the
- Constitutional Chamber of the Supreme Court; has not accepted compulsory ICJ
- jurisdiction
- Suffrage:
- 21 years of age; universal
- Executive branch:
- chief of state:
- President Henri Konan BEDIE (since 7 December 1993) constitutional successor
- who will serve during the remainder of the term of former President Felix
- HOUPHOUET-BOIGNY who died in office after continuous service from November
- 1960 (next election October 1995)
- head of government:
- Prime Minister Daniel Kablan DUNCAN (since 10 December 1993)
- cabinet:
- Council of Ministers; appointed by the prime minister
- Legislative branch:
- unicameral
- National Assembly (Assemblee Nationale):
- elections last held 25 November 1990 (next to be held November 1995);
- results - percent of vote by party NA; seats - (175 total) PDCI 163, FPI 9,
- PIT 1, independents 2
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- Government
- Judicial branch:
- Supreme Court (Cour Supreme)
- Political parties and leaders:
- Democratic Party of the Cote d'Ivoire (PDCI), Henri Konan BEDIE; Rally of
- the Republicans (RDR), Djeny KOBINA; Ivorian Popular Front (FPI), Laurent
- GBAGBO; Ivorian Worker's Party (PIT), Francis WODIE; Ivorian Socialist Party
- (PSI), Morifere BAMBA; over 20 smaller parties
- Member of:
- ACCT, ACP, AfDB, CCC, CEAO, ECA, ECOWAS, Entente, FAO, FZ, G-24, G-77, GATT,
- IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, INTELSAT,
- INTERPOL, IOC, ITU, NAM, OAU, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UNITAR, UPU, WADB,
- WCL, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO
- Diplomatic representation in US:
- chief of mission:
- Ambassador Moise KOUMOUE-KOFFI
- chancery:
- 2424 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20008
- telephone:
- [1] (202) 797-0300
- US diplomatic representation:
- chief of mission:
- Ambassador Hume A. HORAN
- embassy:
- 5 Rue Jesse Owens, Abidjan
- mailing address:
- 01 B. P. 1712, Abidjan
- telephone:
- [225] 21 09 79, 21 46 72
- FAX:
- [225] 22 32 59
- Flag:
- three equal vertical bands of orange (hoist side), white, and green; similar
- to the flag of Ireland, which is longer and has the colors reversed - green
- (hoist side), white, and orange; also similar to the flag of Italy, which is
- green (hoist side), white, and red; design was based on the flag of France
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- Economy
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- Overview:
- Cote d'Ivoire is among the world's largest producers and exporters of
- coffee, cocoa beans, and palm-kernel oil. Consequently, the economy is
- highly sensitive to fluctuations in international prices for coffee and
- cocoa and to weather conditions. Despite attempts by the government to
- diversify, the economy is still largely dependent on agriculture and related
- industries. After several years of lagging performance, the Ivorian economy
- began a comeback in 1994, due to improved prices for cocoa and coffee,
- growth in non-traditional primary exports such as pineapples and rubber,
- trade and banking liberalization, offshore oil and gas discoveries, and
- generous external financing and debt rescheduling by multilateral lenders
- and France. The 50% devaluation in January 1994 caused a one time jump in
- the inflation rate. Government adherence to a renewed structural adjustment
- program has led to a budget surplus for the first time in several years, a
- smaller personnel budget, and an increase in public investment. While real
- growth in 1994 was only 1.5%, the IMF and World Bank expect it will surpass
- 6% in 1995.
- National product:
- GDP - purchasing power parity - $20.5 billion (1994 est.)
- National product real growth rate:
- 1.5% (1994 est.)
- National product per capita:
- $1,430 (1994 est.)
- Inflation rate (consumer prices):
- NA%
- Unemployment rate:
- 14% (1985)
- Budget:
- revenues:
- $1.9 billion
- expenditures:
- $3.4 billion, including capital expenditures of $408 million (1993)
- Exports:
- $2.7 billion (f.o.b., 1993)
- commodities:
- cocoa 30%, coffee 20%, tropical woods 11%, petroleum, cotton, bananas,
- pineapples, palm oil, cotton
- partners:
- France, Netherlands, Germany, Italy, Burkina, US, Belgium, UK (1992)
- Imports:
- $1.6 billion (f.o.b., 1993)
- commodities:
- food, capital goods, consumer goods, fuel
- partners:
- France, Nigeria, Japan, Netherlands, US (1992)
- External debt:
- $17.3 billion (1993 est.)
- Industrial production:
- growth rate 0% (1993 est.); accounts for 20% of GDP, including petroleum
- Electricity:
- capacity:
- 1,170,000 kW
- production:
- 1.8 billion kWh
- consumption per capita:
- 123 kWh (1993)
- Industries:
- foodstuffs, wood processing, oil refining, automobile assembly, textiles,
- fertilizer, beverages
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- Agriculture:
- most important sector, contributing one-third to GDP and 80% to exports;
- cash crops include coffee, cocoa beans, timber, bananas, palm kernels,
- rubber; food crops - corn, rice, manioc, sweet potatoes; not self-sufficient
- in bread grain and dairy products
- Illicit drugs:
- illicit producer of cannabis; mostly for local consumption; some
- international drug trade; transshipment point for Southwest and Southeast
- Asian heroin to Europe and occasionally to the US
- Economic aid:
- recipient:
- US commitments, including Ex-Im (FY70-89), $356 million; Western (non-US)
- countries, ODA and OOF bilateral commitments (1970-88), $5.2 billion
- Currency:
- 1 CFA franc (CFAF) = 100 centimes
- Exchange rates:
- Communaute Financiere Africaine francs (CFAF) per US$1 - 529.43 (January
- 1995), 555.20 (1994), 283.16 (1993), 264.69 (1992), 282.11 (1991), 272.26
- (1990)
- note:
- beginning 12 January 1994, the CFA franc was devalued to CFAF 100 per French
- franc from CFAF 50 at which it had been fixed since 1948
- Fiscal year:
- calendar year
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- Transportation
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- Railroads:
- total:
- 660 km (25 km double track)
- narrow gauge:
- 660 km 1.000-meter gauge
- Highways:
- total:
- 46,600 km
- paved:
- 3,600 km
- unpaved:
- gravel, crushed stone, improved earth 32,000 km; unimproved earth 11,000 km
- Inland waterways:
- 980 km navigable rivers, canals, and numerous coastal lagoons
- Ports:
- Abidjan, Aboisso, Dabou, San-Pedro
- Merchant marine:
- total:
- 5 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 49,671 GRT/69,216 DWT
- ships by type:
- chemical tanker 1, container 2, oil tanker 1, roll-on/roll-off cargo 1
- Airports:
- total:
- 40
- with paved runways over 3,047 m:
- 1
- with paved runways 2,438 to 3,047 m:
- 2
- with paved runways 1,524 to 2,437 m:
- 4
- with paved runways under 914 m:
- 11
- with unpaved runways 1,524 to 2,438 m:
- 6
- with unpaved runways 914 to 1,523 m:
- 16
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- Communications
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- Telephone system:
- 87,700 telephones; well-developed by African standards but operating well
- below capacity; consists of open-wire lines and radio relay microwave links
- local:
- NA
- intercity:
- NA microwave radio relay
- international:
- 2 INTELSAT (1 Atlantic Ocean and 1 Indian Ocean) earth stations; 2 coaxial
- submarine cables
- Radio:
- broadcast stations:
- AM 71, FM 0, shortwave 13
- radios:
- NA
- Television:
- broadcast stations:
- 18
- televisions:
- NA
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- Defense Forces
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- Branches:
- Army, Navy, Air Force, paramilitary Gendarmerie, Presidential Guard,
- Military Fire Group
- Manpower availability:
- males age 15-49 3,318,314; males fit for military service 1,724,020; males
- reach military age (18) annually 154,120 (1995 est.)
- Defense expenditures:
- exchange rate conversion - $140 million, 1.4% of GDP (1993)
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