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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