Tuesday 13 September 2011

Côte d'Ivoire



President: Laurent Gbagbo (2000)

Prime Minister: Charles Konan Banny (transitional) (2005)

Land area: 122,780 sq mi (318,000 sq km); total area: 124,502 sq mi (322,460 sq km)

Population (2010 est.): 21,058,798 (growth rate: 2.1%);

birth rate: 31.4/1000;

infant mortality rate: 66.4/1000;

life expectancy: 56.2;

density per sq km: 57

Capital (2003 est.): Yamoussoukro (official), 185,600;

Largest city and administrative center: Abidjan, 4,113,600 (metro. area), 3,427,500 (city proper)

Monetary unit: CFA Franc



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