Cote d’Ivoire Facts and Culture

Food and Recipes: The Ivorians are kind people who enjoy inviting others for dinner they believe those who are blessed enough to prepare... More
Family: Hospitality is a way of life. Men dominate interpersonal relations with the village elders being respected. Women take care of... More
Fashion: People wear both traditional and Western style clothing. In cities people wear pants or blue jeans with shirts, with many... More

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Capital	Yamoussoukro (legislative capital), Abidjan (administrative capital); note - although Yamoussoukro has been the official capital since 1983, Abidjan remains the administrative capital as well as the officially designated commercial capital; the US, like other countries, maintains its Embassy in Abidjan
Government Type	presidential republic
Currency	Communaute Financiere Africaine francs (XOF)
Population	23,740,424
Total Area	124,503 Square Miles 322,463 Square Kilometers
Location	Western Africa, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean, between Ghana and Liberia
Language	French (official), 60 native dialects with Dioula the most widely spoken

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