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Geographical unit:
 
 Entity
 Cote d'Ivoire 
 Main prefix
 TU 
 Time zone
 0 h 
 Continent
 Africa 
 
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 Cote d'Ivoire 

 Cote d'Ivoire - contains of following DXCC entities:
 
          Cote d'Ivoire          
 
 Coat of arms 
 Coin 
 Banknote 
 Stamp 
 Satellite image 
 
 Flag 
 Flag description 
Three equal vertical bands of orange (hoist side), white, and green; similar to the flag of Ireland, which is longer and has the colors reversed - green (hoist side), white, and orange; also similar to the flag of Italy, which is green (hoist side), white, and red; design was based on the flag of France.
 
          Cote d'Ivoire          
 
 Cote d'Ivoire 
 Capital: 
Yamoussoukro
although Yamoussoukro has been the official capital since 1983, Abidjan remains the administrative center, the US, like other countries, maintains its Embassy in Abidjan
 Administrative
 divisions: 
12 districts and 2 autonomous districts*: Abidjan*, Bas-Sassandra, Comoe, Denguele, Goh-Djiboua, Lacs, Lagunes, Montagnes, Sassandra-Marahoue, Savanes, Vallee du Bandama, Woroba, Yamoussoukro*, Zanzan.
 Population: 
18,013,409 (July 2007 est.)
Estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS, this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality and death rates, lower population and growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected.
 Languages: 
French (official), 60 native dialects with Dioula the most widely spoken
 Geographic
 coordinates: 
8° 00' N, 5° 00' W
 Area total: 
322,460 sq. km
 Land area: 
318,000 sq. km
 Water area: 
4,460 sq. km
 Total land
 boundaries: 
3,110 km
 Borders
 with neighbor
 countries: 
Burkina Faso 584 km, Ghana 668 km, Guinea 610 km, Liberia 716 km, Mali 532 km
 Coastline: 
515 km
 Elevation
 extremes: 
Gulf of Guinea 0 m - Mont Nimba 1,752 m
 Internet
 country code: 
.ci
 Currency: 
Communaute Financiere Africaine franc (XOF)
responsible authority is the Central Bank of the West African States
 Name -
 conventional
 long form: 
Republic of Cote d'Ivoire
 Name -
 conventional
 short form: 
Cote d'Ivoire
 Name - local
 long form: 
Republique de Cote d'Ivoire
 Name - local
 short form: 
Cote d'Ivoire
 Former name: 
Ivory Coast
 Independence: 
7 August 1960 (from France)
 Constitution: 
3 November 1960, has been amended numerous times, last time 27 July 1998
 Government
 type: 
republic, multiparty presidential regime established 1960
 National
 holiday: 
Independence Day, 7 August (1960)
 
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