Ivory Coast
République de la Côte d'Ivoire

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LOCAL FACTS  

Geography, demographics, economy, history, and government (see also Research)

Form of government: Elected president (5 years) appoints the Council of Ministers, National Assembly

Population: 15,818,068 (47% urban)

Total area: 322,463 sq. km

Languages: French (official), Akan, Voltaic, Mande, Malinke 

Religions: Traditional animist beliefs (65%), Islam (23%), Christianity (12%)

Per capita GDP: $1,680 p.a.

Exports: 4.3bn; cocoa, coffee, timber

Literacy: 40.1%

Life expectancy: 46.1 years (47.7m, 44.5f)

Sources

[CIA World Factbook] country data - Ivory Coast

[U.S. State Department] [Bureau of African Affairs] country profile - Cote d'Ivoire

[U.S. Library of Congress] country study - Ivory Coast

[Washington Post] country profile - Ivory Coast

Côte d'Ivoire Overview (mbendi.com)

[Atlapedia Online] country data - Ivory Coast

E-Conflict World Encyclopedia - Cote d'Ivoire - national anthem, flag, map, people, economy, geography, government, defence, news and weather

[Index on Africa] country page - Ivory Coast

[Nation by Nation] country data - Ivory Coast - facts, government, geography, history, human rights, people

[World Skip] country data - Ivory Coast

 

MAP  

(Click on map to go to surrounding locations)

 

LOCAL DIRECTORIES  

Portals, indexes, guides, searchers, phone directories

 

 

GOVERNMENT ORGANISATIONS  

Executive, legislature, judiciary, ministries, departments, agencies, and commissions

Gouvernment du Cote d'Ivoire (Government of Ivory Coast)

Governments on the WWW - Cote d'Ivoire - comprehensive database of governmental institutions - parliaments, ministries, offices, law courts, embassies, etc

 

NON-GOVERNMENT ORGANISATIONS  

Human rights & civil liberties, humanitarian aid, political parties, activism, environment, and labour

European Union Development Programme - Côte d'Ivoire

United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Country Office - Côte d'Ivoire

 

COMMUNITY ORGANISATIONS  

Education, health & public safety, religion, women, children & youth, and associations & societies

 

 

CULTURAL ORGANISATIONS  

Ethnicity, language, the arts, history & heritage, performance, costume, and literature

 

 

SPORTS & LEISURE ORGANISATIONS  

Associations, competitions, leisure, and hobbies

 

 

TRAVEL ORGANISATIONS  

Guides & advice, accommodation, attractions, transport, agents, and organisers

Ivory Coast information (travel.dk.com)

Ok Raids Agence de Voyage - West African travel specialists

Ivory Coast Hotels (abt.travel.com)

Air Afrique - servicing Benin, BF, CAR, IvoryC, Congo, Mali, Senegal, Togo, Niger, Chad, and Mauritania

 

RESEARCH ORGANISATIONS  

Statistics, government, economy, geography, demography, and society

Essential data:

[CIA World Factbook] country data - Ivory Coast

Social development:

[World Bank] country brief - Côte d'Ivoire

[OneWorld.net] country database - Cote D'Ivoire - news articles selected from around the world

[IRINnews.org] news archive - Côte d'Ivoire - news articles from the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs

[UNICEF] children's health & education statistics - Ivory Coast

[Africa Confidential] news articles on Ivory Coast

[U.S. Refugee Committee] World Refugee Survey country report - Côte d'Ivoire

Human rights:

[Amnesty International] Report 2001 - Ivory Coast

[International Lesbian and Gay Association] [Country Survey - Ivory Coast] - information for those working to promote lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered (LGBT) rights

Governance:

Governments on the WWW - Cote d'Ivoire - comprehensive database of governmental institutions - parliaments, ministries, offices, law courts, embassies, etc

[Political Resources] - Côte d'Ivoire

Ivory Coast Government & Politics

[CIA Library] [Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members] - Cote D'ivoire

[World Audit.org] national statistics and reports - Cote d'Ivoire - national statistics and reports from Freedom House, Transparency International, Amnesty International, the International Commission of Jurists and others

[ElectionWorld.org] election results in Ivory Coast

 

MEDIA ORGANISATIONS  

Newspapers & magazines, journals, television & radio, publishing, and entertainment

Abidjan News

 

BUSINESS ORGANISATIONS  

Resourcing, manufacturing, distribution, trade, and regulation of goods and services

 

 

FINANCE ORGANISATIONS  

Banking, investment, insurance, stockmarkets, and market regulation