Ivory Coast

By: Preston Percival

Historic Sites

• Basilica of Our Lady of Peace- Located in Yamoussoukro it is the largest church in the world.

• One major landmark is Mount Nimba.

• Comoe National Park is yet another landmark commonly associated with the Ivory Coast.

• three equal vertical bands of orange (hoist side), white, and green; orange symbolizes the land (savannah) of the north and fertility, white stands for peace and unity, green represents the forests of the south and the hope for a bright future

Location and Climate

• Western Africa, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean, between Ghana and Liberia

• tropical along coast, semiarid in far north

Transportation

Mostly driving small cars or taking public transportation with few airports.

Arts and Culture

• The two main cultural locations are both in Abidjan and they are National Library and Museum of Cote D'Ivoire.

Languages and Dialects

• French (official), 60 native dialects of which Dioula is the most widely spoken

Foods

• The people of the Ivory Coast eat a wide variety of foods. Since they grow a wide diversity of tropical fruits, their diet contains a large amount of fruit. They also eat many different kinds of meats ranging from monkey to dog.

Other Info.

• They have the 17th highest population of AIDS infected citizens.

• The median age is around 20.

Natural Hazards and Life Expectancy

• coast has heavy surf and no natural harbors; during the rainy season torrential flooding is possible

• total population: 56.78 years

• male: 55.79 years

• female: 57.81 years (2011 est.)

Major Religion and Ethnic Group

• Muslim 38.6%, Christian 32.8%, indigenous 11.9%, none 16.7%

• (no not demographics because that is not an ethnic group) 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)

Imports and Exports

• Imports- fuel, capital equipment, foodstuffs

• Exports- cocoa, coffee, timber, petroleum, cotton, bananas, pineapples, palm oil, fish