FACTS ABOUT IVORY COAST
AMAZING FACTS ABOUT IVORY COAST
1.
Ivory Coast is officially known as the “Republic
of Côte d’Ivoire”
2.
Yamoussoukro is the capital city of Ivory
Coast.
3.
The total population of Ivory Coast is 23,740,424.
4.
The natives of Ivory Coast are called Ivorians.
5.
The West African CFA franc (XOF) is
official currency of Ivory Coast.
6.
Ivory Coast shares a border with Guinea,
Liberia, Burkina Faso, Mali and Ghana.
7.
The official language is French.
8.
It is the 68th largest
country in the world in terms of land area.
9.
It is the 54th largest
country in the world in terms of population.
10.
The highest elevation is Mount
Richard-Molard, at 1,752 meters (5,748 feet) in the far west of the country
along the border with Guinea and Liberia.
11.
Ivory Coast has 590 kilometers (370
miles) of coastline.
12.
Ivory Coast has many gorgeous beaches
found in nearly all of the coastal towns, many of which have developed lush
resorts to cater to tourists. Grand Bassam and Aasouinde are two of the most
popular, with sandy beaches and warm water to lure swimmers and sunbathers
alike.
13.
St Paul’s Cathedral is a Roman Catholic
cathedral located in the city of Abidjan.
14.
Little is known about Ivory Coast’s
first inhabitants, but weapon and tool fragments confirm the presence of early
settlements (15,000 to 10,000 BC.).
15.
Between 1000 to 1500 AD, Muslim
merchants established trade routes from northern Africa to Ivory Coast. They
came for gold, ivory and slaves.
16.
Five important states flourished in
Ivory Coast during the pre-European era.
17.
Ivory Coast became a protectorate of
France in 1843–1844 and was later formed into a French colony in 1893 amid the
European scramble for Africa.
18.
Ivory Coast achieved independence in
1960.
19.
Despite the instability, Ivory Coast is
the world’s largest exporter of cocoa beans and its citizens enjoy a relatively
high level of income, compared to other countries in the region.
20.
The name “Ivory Coast” reflected the
major trade that occurred on that particular stretch of the coast, the export
of ivory.
21.
Ivory Coast is famous for its
biodiversity, with more than 230 mammals, 700 birds, 125 reptiles, 100 fish and
over 35 different types of amphibians, not to mention around 4,700 plant
species.
22.
The most popular sport in Ivory Coast is
football. The national football team is nicknamed “Les Eléphants” (the
elephants).
23.
The West African Franc is the official
currency of the state.
24.
A popular snack is aloko, fried banana
served with onions and chillies.
25.
The colors of the Ivory Coast flag are
similar to the flag of Ireland except that the colors are reversed with green
on the hoist side.
26.
Abidjan is the largest city in Cote
d’Ivoire and serves as its economic capital. It is the third-largest
French-speaking population in the world.
27.
Worm lizard Cynisca rouxae is a species
is endemic to Ivory Coast. This species of lizard is legless.
28.
Wimmer’s shrew is a white-toothed shrew
found only in Côte d’Ivoire.
29.
A symphytognathid spider Anapistula
caecula (Natuurinformatie) may be the smallest of all the world’s spiders. It
is endemic to Côte d’Ivoire.
30.
The striped dolphin has a similar size
and shape to several other dolphins that inhabit the waters it does and they
occur in the seas of Côte d’Ivoire.
31.
Ivory Coast Exports:
cocoa, coffee, timber, petroleum, cotton, bananas, pineapples, palm oil and
fish.
32.
Ivory Coast Imports:
fuel, capital equipment, foodstuffs
33.
The internet country code for Ivory
Coast is .ci
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