Ivory Coast
About Ivory Coast
Ivory Coast, also known as Côte d’Ivoire, officially the Republic of Côte d’Ivoire (Republique de Côte d’Ivoire), is a country on the southern coast of West Africa, and a French-colonial legacy. Its capital is Yamoussoukro, in the centre of the country, while its largest city and economic centre is the port city of Abidjan. This country is bordered to the south by Atlantic Ocean, to the east by Ghana, to the north by Burkina Faso and Mali, to the west by Liberia.
Country Location
West Africa
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Population
28,713,423 million
Land Area
322,463 square kilometres
Children in school
6,250,820
Children out of School
148,000 (Source: World Bank)
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Ivory Coast: of closed borders, the trial, conflict, and God’s grace.
How do we start with the story of the Ivory Coast? The fact that for a moment, we felt completely lost. We’d backed a bus the day before and paid almost $6000 for the bus to convey us to Senegal, making stops along the way.Our plans didn’t pen out the way we hoped. But no […]
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