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*************Geography*************
Area: 322,500 sq. km. (124,500 sq. mi.); slightly larger than New Mexico.
Cities: Principal city--Abidjan (economic capital, de facto political capital). Capital--Yamoussoukro (official). Other cities--Bouake, Daloa, Gagnoa, Korhogo, Man, San Pedro.
Terrain: Forested, undulating, hilly in the west; savannah in the north.
Climate: Tropical in the south; arid in the north.
*************People*************
Nationality: Noun and adjective--Ivoirian(s).
Population (2006 est.): 18,900,000.
Annual growth rate: 3.8%, with immigration.
Ethnic groups: More than 60.
Religions: Indigenous 10%-20%, Muslim 35%-40%, and Christian (Catholic, Protestant, and other denominations) 25%-35%.
Languages: French (official); five principal language groups.
Education: Years compulsory--school is not compulsory at this time. Attendance--57%. Literacy--51%.
Health: Infant mortality rate--111/1,000. Life expectancy--46 years.
*************Government*************
Type: Republic.
Independence: August 7, 1960.
Branches: Executive--president (chief of state and head of government). Legislative--unicameral National Assembly. Judicial--Supreme Court (3 chambers: judicial, administrative, auditing); Constitutional Council.
Administrative subdivisions: 19 regions, 58 departments, 196 communes.
Political parties: Front Populaire Ivoirien (FPI), Parti Democratique de la Cote d'Ivoire (PDCI), Rassemblement des Republicaines (RDR), Union pour la Democratie et pour la Paix en Cote d'Ivoire (UDPCI), numerous other smaller political parties operate in Cote d'Ivoire.
Suffrage: Universal at 18.
*************Economy*************
GDP (official exchange rate, 2007 est.): $18.66 billion.
GDP (purchasing power parity, 2007 est.): $32.86 billion.
Annual real growth rate (2007 est.): 1.7%. Real GDP grew by 1.8% in 2006 and rose by 1.7% in 2007.
Natural resources: Petroleum (offshore) discovered in 1977, production began in 1980; earnings from oil and refined products were $1.3 billion in 2006. Gold mining began in the early 1990s.
Agriculture (22.7% of GDP, 2006): Products--cocoa, coffee, timber, rubber, corn, rice, tropical foods.
Industry (26.3% of GDP, 2006): Types--food processing, textiles.
Services (51% of GDP, 2006).
Trade (2007): Exports ($8.5 billion f.o.b.)--petroleum, cocoa, coffee, timber, cotton, palm oil, pineapples, bananas, fish. Major markets--France, Netherlands, U.S., Germany. Total imports ($5.2 billion f.o.b.)--fuel, consumer goods, basic foodstuffs (rice, wheat), capital goods. Major suppliers--France, Nigeria, China.
Area: 322,500 sq. km. (124,500 sq. mi.); slightly larger than New Mexico.
Cities: Principal city--Abidjan (economic capital, de facto political capital). Capital--Yamoussoukro (official). Other cities--Bouake, Daloa, Gagnoa, Korhogo, Man, San Pedro.
Terrain: Forested, undulating, hilly in the west; savannah in the north.
Climate: Tropical in the south; arid in the north.
*************People*************
Nationality: Noun and adjective--Ivoirian(s).
Population (2006 est.): 18,900,000.
Annual growth rate: 3.8%, with immigration.
Ethnic groups: More than 60.
Religions: Indigenous 10%-20%, Muslim 35%-40%, and Christian (Catholic, Protestant, and other denominations) 25%-35%.
Languages: French (official); five principal language groups.
Education: Years compulsory--school is not compulsory at this time. Attendance--57%. Literacy--51%.
Health: Infant mortality rate--111/1,000. Life expectancy--46 years.
*************Government*************
Type: Republic.
Independence: August 7, 1960.
Branches: Executive--president (chief of state and head of government). Legislative--unicameral National Assembly. Judicial--Supreme Court (3 chambers: judicial, administrative, auditing); Constitutional Council.
Administrative subdivisions: 19 regions, 58 departments, 196 communes.
Political parties: Front Populaire Ivoirien (FPI), Parti Democratique de la Cote d'Ivoire (PDCI), Rassemblement des Republicaines (RDR), Union pour la Democratie et pour la Paix en Cote d'Ivoire (UDPCI), numerous other smaller political parties operate in Cote d'Ivoire.
Suffrage: Universal at 18.
*************Economy*************
GDP (official exchange rate, 2007 est.): $18.66 billion.
GDP (purchasing power parity, 2007 est.): $32.86 billion.
Annual real growth rate (2007 est.): 1.7%. Real GDP grew by 1.8% in 2006 and rose by 1.7% in 2007.
Natural resources: Petroleum (offshore) discovered in 1977, production began in 1980; earnings from oil and refined products were $1.3 billion in 2006. Gold mining began in the early 1990s.
Agriculture (22.7% of GDP, 2006): Products--cocoa, coffee, timber, rubber, corn, rice, tropical foods.
Industry (26.3% of GDP, 2006): Types--food processing, textiles.
Services (51% of GDP, 2006).
Trade (2007): Exports ($8.5 billion f.o.b.)--petroleum, cocoa, coffee, timber, cotton, palm oil, pineapples, bananas, fish. Major markets--France, Netherlands, U.S., Germany. Total imports ($5.2 billion f.o.b.)--fuel, consumer goods, basic foodstuffs (rice, wheat), capital goods. Major suppliers--France, Nigeria, China.
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