The Cote D’ivoire is a west African country neighboring Ghana on the eastern part ,mali and Burkina
faso on the northern part ,Liberia and guinea on the western part and bordered
by the gulf of guinea (the north of Atlantic ocean) on the southern part. For
those who know nothing about geography , this is the Country of the
international football player and former Chelsea and Marseille striker Didier Drogba And Yaya Toure the
Manchester city midfielder , for the
fans of reggae music this is the country Of Alpha Blondy, Tiken Jah fakoly ,and also the
country of the music band Magic System and the list go on and on.
Ivory Coast is an old
French colony , and the second largest economy in west Africa after Nigeria (Africa first economy) what
set the Cote D’ivoire apart is it’s modernity compare to others old French colonies and other west African
countries ,it has two capital, Yamoussoukro
the political capital with its master
peace the cathedral our lady of peace a replica of the rome’s St
Therese build by the first president Felix Houpouet Boigny (He Didn't like the name Ivory Coast by the way,he preferred the name Cote D'ivoire to be used no matter the language ) ,
and Abidjan
the economical city with its beautiful area especially the plateau an area
nicknamed small Manhattan because build on the model of the American city Manhattan.
Abidjan is the largest city in Cote Divoire and the third largest French speaking city
behind Paris (France) and Kinshasa
(congo) .
the Cote D’ivoire has more than 22 millions of
inhabitant with an area of 322 460 km2 ,
country code +225 ,It is the world first
cocoa producer and seventh
coffee producer (formerly 5 th) ,the main spoken
language is French but there is
also more 60 local languages, some university student study foreign languages like ,English ,Spanish German ,Chinese etc ... ,the
northern and western part are home for some
fascinating and vital traditional culture and tourist destination with mountains ,mask , the monkey village etc…
whereas the southern part is the archetype of prosperity and
modernization , the number of foreign national vary between 25% to 50% ,with more than 15000 french national and more than 60 000 libanese.
ost great corporation are present in Ivory Coast for business
purpose mostly from france ,like I said the country was colonized by france, we
have Total and ELF ( more than 25 % of
ivory coast oil refinery), france telecom (more 51% of the
telecommunication industry ), coca cola , Toyota,Mercedes etc
The mobile phone industry is very dynamic with a penetration of about 80%, with 5 mobile phone companies, Ivory coast is also using a 3G Internet connection since January 2012.
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