Cote d'Ivoire

total:

0.93 cu km/yr (24%/12%/65%)

per capita:

51 cu m/yr (2000)

• deforestation (most of the country's forests - once the largest in West Africa - have been heavily logged);
• water pollution from sewage and industrial and agricultural effluents

party to:

Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 83, Tropical Timber 94, Wetlands, Whaling

signed, but not ratified:

none of the selected agreements

noun:

Ivoirian(s)

adjective:

Ivoirian

at birth:

1.03 male(s)/female

under 15 years:

1.02 male(s)/female

15-64 years:

1.04 male(s)/female

65 years and over:

0.96 male(s)/female

total population:

1.03 male(s)/female (2011 est.)

degree of risk:

very high

food or waterborne diseases:

bacterial diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever

vectorborne diseases:

malaria and yellow fever

water contact:

schistosomiasis

animal contact disease:

rabies

note: highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza has been identified in this country; it poses a negligible risk with extremely rare cases possible among US citizens who have close contact with birds (2009)

conventional long form:

Republic of Cote d'Ivoire

conventional short form:

Cote d'Ivoire

local long form:

Republique de Cote d'Ivoire

local short form:

Cote d'Ivoire

note: pronounced coat-div-whar

former:

Ivory Coast

name:

Yamoussoukro

geographic coordinates:

6 49 N, 5 16 W

time difference:

UTC 0 (5 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time)

note: although Yamoussoukro has been the official capital since 1983, Abidjan remains the commercial and administrative center; the US, like other countries, maintains its Embassy in Abidjan

chief of state:

President Alassane Dramane OUATTARA (since 4 December 2010)

head of government:

Prime Minister Daniel Kablan DUNCAN (since 21 November 2012)

cabinet:

Council of Ministers appointed by the president; (For more information visit theWorld Leaders website)

elections:

• president elected by popular vote for a five-year term (no term limits);
• election last held on 31 October and 28 November 2010 (next to be held in 2015);
• prime minister appointed by the president

election results:

• Alassane OUATTARA elected president;
• percent of vote - Alassane OUATTARA 54.1%, Laurent GBAGBO 45.9%;
• note - President OUATTARA was declared winner by the election commission and took the oath of office on 4 December, Prime Minister SORO resigned from the incumbent administration and was subsequently appointed to the same position by OUATTARA;
• former president GBAGBO refused to cede resulting in a 5-month stand-off, he was finally forced to stand down in April 2011

• Supreme Court or Cour Supreme consists of four chambers:
  • Judicial Chamber for criminal cases,
  • Audit Chamber for financial cases,
  • Constitutional Chamber for judicial review cases,
  • and Administrative Chamber for civil cases
  ;
• there is no legal limit to the number of members

• Citizen's Democratic Union or UDCY [Theodore MEL EG];
• Democratic Liberty for the Republic or LIDER [Mamadou KOULIBALY];
• Democratic Party of Cote d'Ivoire or PDCI [Henri Konan BEDIE];
• Freedom and Democracy for the Republic or LIBRE [Mamadou KOULIBALY];
• Ivorian Popular Front or FPI [Miaka OURETO];
• Ivorian Worker's Party or PIT [Francois KOUABLAN];
• Opposition Movement of the Future or MFA [Innocent Augustin ANAKY];
• Rally of the Republicans or RDR [Alassane OUATTARA];
• Union for Democracy and Peace in Cote d'Ivoire or UDPCI [Toikeuse MABRI];
• over 144 smaller registered parties

• Federation of University and High School Students of Cote d'Ivoire or FESCI [Serges KOFFI];
• National Congress for the Resistance and Democracy or CNRD [Bernard DADIE];
• Rally of Houphouetists for Democracy and Peace or RHDP [Alphonse DJEDJE MADY];
• Young Patriots [Charles BLE GOUDE]

chief of mission:

Ambassador Daouda DIABATE

chancery:

2424 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20008

telephone:

[1] (202) 797-0300

FAX:

[1] (202) 244-3088

chief of mission:

Ambassador Philip CARTER III

embassy:

Cocody Riviera Golf 01, Abidjan

mailing address:

B. P. 1712, Abidjan 01

telephone:

[225] 22 49 40 00

FAX:

[225] 22 49 43 32

name:

"L'Abidjanaise" (Song of Abidjan)

lyrics/music:

Mathieu EKRA, Joachim BONY, and Pierre Marie COTY/Pierre Marie COTY and Pierre Michel PANGO

note: adopted 1960; although the nation's capital city moved from Abidjan to Yamoussoukro in 1983, the anthem still owes its name to the former capital

agriculture:

68%

industry and services:

(2007 est.) (2007 est.)

lowest 10%:

2.2%

highest 10%:

31.8% (2008)

general assessment:

• well developed by African standards;
• telecommunications sector privatized in late 1990s and operational fixed-lines have increased since that time with two fixed-line providers operating over open-wire lines, microwave radio relay, and fiber-optics;
• 90% digitalized

domestic:

with multiple mobile-cellular service providers competing in the market, usage has increased sharply to roughly 80 per 100 persons

international:

• country code - 225;
• landing point for the SAT-3/WASC fiber-optic submarine cable that provides connectivity to Europe and Asia;
• satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (1 Atlantic Ocean and 1 Indian Ocean) (2011)

• 2 state-owned TV stations;
• no private terrestrial TV stations, but satellite TV subscription service is available;
• 2 state-owned radio stations;
• some private radio stations;
• transmissions of several international broadcasters are available (2007)

total:

660 km

country comparison to the world: 104

narrow gauge:

660 km 1.000-m gauge

note: an additional 622 km of this railroad extends into Burkina Faso (2008)

total:

80,000 km

country comparison to the world: 58

paved:

6,500 km

unpaved:

73,500 km

note: includes intercity and urban roads; another 20,000 km of dirt roads are in poor condition and 150,000 km of dirt roads are impassable (2006)

• 18-25 years of age for compulsory and voluntary male and female military service;
• voluntary recruitment of former rebels into the new national army is restricted to ages 22-29 (2011)

males age 16-49:

5,247,522

females age 16-49:

5,047,901 (2010 est.)

males age 16-49:

3,360,087

females age 16-49:

3,196,033 (2010 est.)

male:

247,011

female:

242,958 (2010 est.)

refugees (country of origin):

23,650 (Liberia) (2011)

IDPs:

40,000 - 80,000 (post-election conflict in 2010-2011, as well as civil war from 2002-2004; most pronounced in western and southwestern regions) (2011)

• illicit producer of cannabis, mostly for local consumption;
• utility as a narcotic transshipment point to Europe reduced by ongoing political instability;
• while rampant corruption and inadequate supervision leave the banking system vulnerable to money laundering, the lack of a developed financial system limits the country's utility as a major money-laundering center (2008)