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Cote d'Ivoire
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| Location: | Between Ghana and Liberia, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean |
| Area: | Total: 322,460 sq km Land: 318,000 sq km Water: 4,460 sq km | | Land boundaries: | Total: 3,110 km It has borders with Burkina Faso 584 km, Ghana 668 km, Guinea 610 km, Liberia 716 km and Mali 532 km | | Map: |  | | Climate: | Tropical along coast. Semiarid in far north | | People | | |
| Population: | 18,013,409 (July 2007 est.) |
| Age structure: | 0-14 years: 40.6% (male 3,603,386/female 3,711,211) 15-64 years: 56.6% (male 5,128,824/female 5,060,027) 65 years and over: 2.8% (male 246,130/female 263,831) (2007 est.) |
| Ethnic groups: | Akan 42.1%, Voltaiques or Gur 17.6%, Northern Mandes 16.5%, Krous 11%, Southern Mandes 10%, other 2.8% (includes 130,000 Lebanese and 14,000 French) (1998) |
| Religions: | Muslim 35-40%, indigenous 25-40%, Christian 20-30% (2001) |
| Languages: | French (official), 60 native dialects with Dioula the most widely spoken |
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| Government type: | Republic; multiparty presidential regime established 1960 note: the government is currently operating under a power-sharing agreement mandated by international mediators |
| Capital: | Yamoussoukro | | Independence: | 7 August 1960 (from France) |
| Legal system: | Based on French civil law system and customary law | | Economy | | | | GDP (purchasing power parity): | $29.05 billion (2006 est.) |
| GDP - per capita (PPP): | $1,600 (2006 est.) |
| GDP - composition by sector: | Agriculture: 27.7% industry: 22.2% services: 50.1% (2006 est.) | | Industries: | Foodstuffs, beverages; wood products, oil refining, truck and bus assembly, textiles, fertilizer, building materials, electricity, ship construction and repair |
| Currency (code): | Communaute Financiere Africaine franc (XOF); note - responsible authority is the Central Bank of the West African States |
This article was compiled with the aid of the CIA World Fact book.
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