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Ivory Coast, also known as Côte d'Ivoire [a] and officially the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire, is a country on the southern coast of West Africa.Its capital city of Yamoussoukro is located in the centre of the country, while its largest city and economic centre is the port city of Abidjan.
Ivory Coast is the world's largest producer of cocoa, a major national cash crop. Other chief crops include coffee , bananas , and oil palms , which produce palm oil and kernels. Mineral resources include petroleum , natural gas , diamonds , manganese , iron , cobalt , bauxite , copper , gold , nickel , tantalum , silica sand, clay , palm oil .
The location of Ivory Coast An enlargeable map of the Ivory Coast. The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Ivory Coast: Ivory Coast – country in West Africa. An 1843–1844 treaty made Ivory Coast a protectorate of France and in 1893, it became a French colony as part of the European scramble for Africa. Ivory ...
Yamoussoukro became the legal capital of Ivory Coast in 1983, although the former capital Abidjan retains several political functions. Prior to 2011, what is now the district of Yamoussoukro was part of Lacs Region. The district was created in 2011 [5] and is split into the departments of Attiégouakro and Yamoussoukro. In total, the district ...
Abidjan (/ ˌ æ b ɪ ˈ dʒ ɑː n / AB-ih-JAHN, French:; N'ko: ߊߓߌߖߊ߲߬) is the largest city and the former capital of Ivory Coast.As of the 2021 census, Abidjan's population was 6.3 million, [3] which is 21.5 percent of the overall population of the country, making it the sixth most populous city proper in Africa, after Lagos, Cairo, Kinshasa, Dar es Salaam, and Johannesburg.
Map of Ivory Coast (Côte d'Ivoire) Module:Location map/data/Ivory Coast is a location map definition used to overlay markers and labels on an equirectangular projection map of Ivory Coast. The markers are placed by latitude and longitude coordinates on the default map or a similar map image.
Prior to the 2011 reorganisation of the subdivisions of Ivory Coast, the 19 regions were the first-level subdivision of the country. In the reorganisation, districts were created and replaced regions as the first-level subdivisions and the 19 regions were reorganized into 30. [2] [3] In 2012, one region was divided to create a 31st region. [4] [5]
San-Pédro is a city in southwestern Ivory Coast. It is the nation's second largest port and the seat of Bas-Sassandra District and San-Pédro Region. It is also a commune and the seat of and a sub-prefecture of San-Pédro Department. In the 2014 census, the city had a population of 164,944, [1] making it the sixth-largest city in the country.