The official capital of Ivory Coast is Yamoussoukro , , the fourth most populous city. Abidjan, with a population of 3,,, is the largest city and serves as the commercial and banking center of Ivory Coast as well as the de facto capital.
It is also the most populous city in French-speaking Western Africa. Since , Ivory Coast's official capital has been Yamoussoukro; Abidjan, however, remains the administrative center.
Most countries maintain their embassies in Abidjan, although some including the United Kingdom have closed. The Ivoirian population continues to suffer because of an ongoing civil war See the History section above. International human rights organizations have noted problems with the treatment of captive non-combatants by both sides and the re-emergence of child slavery among workers in cocoa production.
Although most of the fighting ended by late , the country remained split in two, with the north controlled by the New Forces FN. A new presidential election was expected to be held in October , and an agreement was reached among the rival parties in March to proceed with this, but it continued to be postponed until November due to delays in its preparation. Elections were finally held in The first round of elections were held peacefully, and widely hailed as free and fair.
Runoffs were held 28 November , after being delayed one week from the original date of 21 November. In response, the Gbagbo-aligned Constitutional Council rejected the declaration, and the government announced that country's borders had been sealed.
An Ivorian military spokesman said, "The air, land and sea border of the country are closed to all movement of people and goods. Ivory Coast is a country of western sub-Saharan Africa.
Ivory Coast has, for the region, a relatively high income per capita USD in and plays a key role in transit trade for neighboring, landlocked countries. The country is the world's largest exporter of cocoa, and the fourth largest exporter of goods, in general, in sub-Saharan Africa following South Africa, Nigeria and Angola.
The maintenance of close ties to France since independence in , diversification of agriculture for export, and encouragement of foreign investment, have been factors in the economic growth of Ivory Coast. In recent years Ivory Coast has been subject to greater competition and falling prices in the global marketplace for its primary agricultural crops: coffee and cocoa. That, compounded with high internal corruption, makes life difficult for the grower and those exporting into foreign markets.
French, the official language, is taught in schools and serves as a lingua franca in the country. Ethnic groups include Akan They represent several different peoples and language groups. An estimated 65 languages are spoken in the country. One of the most common is Dyula, which acts as a trade language as well as a language commonly spoken by the Muslim population. The native born population is roughly split into three groups of Muslim, Christian primarily Roman Catholic and animist.
In November , around 10, French and other foreign nationals evacuated Ivory Coast due to attacks from pro-government youth militias. Aside from French nationals, there are native-born descendants of French settlers who arrived during the country's colonial period.
Religion in Ivory Coast remains very heterogeneous, with Islam almost all Sunni Muslims and Christianity mostly Roman Catholic being the major religions.
Muslims dominate the north, while Christians dominate the south. In , according to U. Ivory Coast's capital, Yamoussoukro, is home to the largest church building in the world, the Basilica of Our Lady of Peace of Yamoussoukro. Life expectancy at birth was 41 for males in ; for females it was Infant mortality was of live births.
There are 12 physicians per , people. A large part of the adult population, in particular women, are illiterate. Many children between 6 and 10 years are not enrolled in school.
The majority of students in secondary education are male. Each of the ethnic groups in Ivory Coast has its own music genres, most showing strong vocal polyphony. Talking drums are also common, especially among the Appolo, and polyrhythms, another African characteristic, are found throughout Ivory Coast and are especially common in the southwest.
The traditional cuisine of Ivory Coast is very similar to that of neighboring countries in west Africa in its reliance on grains and tubers. Cassava and plantains are significant parts of Ivorian cuisine. A common street-vended food is aloko, which is ripe banana fried in palm oil, spiced with steamed onions and chili and eaten alone or with grilled fish. Chicken is commonly consumed, and has a unique flavor due to its lean, low-fat mass in this region.
Seafood includes tuna, sardines, shrimp and bonito, which are similar to tuna. Slow-simmered stews with various ingredients are another common food staple in Ivory Coast. It's usually cooked in a pottery jar called a canary, over a slight fire, or cooked in an oven. Ivorians have a particular kind of small, open-air restaurant called a maquis, which is unique to the region.
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In total there are around 78 languages spoken in Ivory Coast. The main religions are Islam, Christianity primarily Roman Catholicism , and various indigenous religions. In the French declared the area their protectorate. Formal French colonial rule was introduced in the s following the scramble for Africa. Before the first military coup of , Ivory Coast was a model of stability and good economic growth. The consequences of military coup were economic breakdown and civil war splitting the country into two halves, north and south.
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