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.
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
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