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TABLE OF CONTENTS C??TE D’IVOIRE PROFILE INTRODUCTION C??TE D’IVOIRE FACTS AND FIGURES: GEOGRAPHY C??TE D’IVOIRE’S NEIGHBORHOOD NEIGHBORING COUNTRIES BURKINA FASO LIBERIA GHANA GUINEA MALI GEOGRAPHIC DIVISIONS CLIMATE MAJOR CITIES YAMOUSSOUKRO ABIDJAN BOUAK?? KORHOGO MAN MAJOR RIVERS ENVIRONMENT NATURAL HAZARDS WILDLIFE PRESERVATION HISTORY EARLY HISTORY THE FRENCH COLONIAL PERIOD INDEPENDENCE POLITICAL LIBERALIZATION THE COUNTRY DIVIDED RECENT EVENTS C??TE D’IVOIRE TIME LINE, 1842-2007 ECONOMY INDUSTRY FOREIGN INVESTMENT AND BUSINESS OUTLOOK STANDARD OF LIVING DIVIDED COUNTRY 2 4 4 4 7 7 7 7 7 7 8 8 8 8 9 9 9 10 10 10 10 11 11 12 13 13 13 15 16 17 19 20 23 23 23 24 24
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TRANSPORTATION TOURISM BANKING AND CREDIT RESOURCES LAND USE AGRICULTURE INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS SOCIETY ETHNIC GROUPS LANGUAGES RELIGION CUISINE CELEBRATIONS AND HOLIDAYS TRADITIONAL DRESS FOLKLORE THE ARTS STORY-TELLERS MUSIC MASKS SPORTS LOOKING FORWARD US-IVOIRIAN RELATIONS RADICAL GROUPS LOOKING FORWARD
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C??te d’Ivoire Profile
Introduction For more than three decades after its independence from France in 1960, C??te d’Ivoire was recognized as a model of religious and ethnic harmony. Its market economy was cited as the reason for its impressive growth, which was based on exporting primary products. However, economic stagnation in the late 1980s contributed to ethno-regional division and civil war that split the country in 2002 between the predominantly Muslim north and the historically Christian south. This led to protracted international mediation efforts. The two sides finally reached a peace agreement in early 2007.
C??te d’Ivoire Facts and Figures:1 Population: 17,654,843 Age Structure: 0-14 years: 40.8% (male 3,546,674/female 3,653,990) 15-64 years: 56.4% (male 5,024,575/female 4,939,677) 65 years and over: 2.8% (male 238,793/female 251,134) Infant Mortality Rate: total: 89.11 deaths/1,000 live births Life Expectancy at Birth: total population: 48.82 years male: 46.24 years female: 51.48 years Literacy (definition: age 15 and over can read and write): total population: 50.9% male: 57.9% female: 43.6% (2003 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)

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