The 1999 CIA World Factbook. United States. Central Intelligence Agency

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СКАЧАТЬ land: 318,000 sq km

       water: 4,460 sq km

      Area—comparative: slightly larger than New Mexico

      Land boundaries:

       total: 3,110 km

       border countries: Burkina Faso 584 km, Ghana 668 km, Guinea 610 km,

       Liberia 716 km, Mali 532 km

      Coastline: 515 km

      Maritime claims: continental shelf: 200 nm exclusive economic zone: 200 nm territorial sea: 12 nm

      Climate: tropical along coast, semiarid in far north; three seasons—warm and dry (November to March), hot and dry (March to May), hot and wet (June to October)

      Terrain: mostly flat to undulating plains; mountains in northwest

      Elevation extremes: lowest point: Gulf of Guinea 0 m highest point: Mont Nimba 1,752 m

      Natural resources: petroleum, diamonds, manganese, iron ore,

       cobalt, bauxite, copper

      Land use:

       arable land: 8%

       permanent crops: 4%

       permanent pastures: 41%

       forests and woodland: 22%

       other: 25% (1993 est.)

      Irrigated land: 680 sq km (1993 est.)

      Natural hazards: coast has heavy surf and no natural harbors; during the rainy season torrential flooding is possible

      Environment—current issues: deforestation (most of the country's forests—once the largest in West Africa—have been cleared by the timber industry); water pollution from sewage and industrial and agricultural effluents

      Environment—international agreements: party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 83, Tropical Timber 94, Wetlands signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements

      People

      Population: 15,818,068 (July 1999 est.)

      Age structure:

       0–14 years: 47% (male 3,702,051; female 3,664,672)

       15–64 years: 51% (male 4,154,440; female 3,952,999)

       65 years and over: 2% (male 174,065; female 169,841) (1999 est.)

      Population growth rate: 2.35% (1999 est.)

      Birth rate: 41.76 births/1,000 population (1999 est.)

      Death rate: 16.17 deaths/1,000 population (1999 est.)

      Net migration rate: −2.08 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1999 est.) note: after Liberia's civil war started in 1990, more than 350,000 refugees fled to Cote d'Ivoire and, by September 1998, according to the UNHCR, about 85,000 remain

      Sex ratio:

       at birth: 1.03 male(s)/female

       under 15 years: 1.01 male(s)/female

       15–64 years: 1.05 male(s)/female

       65 years and over: 1.02 male(s)/female

       total population: 1.03 male(s)/female (1999 est.)

      Infant mortality rate: 94.17 deaths/1,000 live births (1999 est.)

      Life expectancy at birth: total population: 46.05 years male: 44.48 years female: 47.67 years (1999 est.)

      Total fertility rate: 5.89 children born/woman (1999 est.)

      Nationality: noun: Ivorian(s) adjective: Ivorian

      Ethnic groups: Baoule 23%, Bete 18%, Senoufou 15%, Malinke 11%,

       Agni, Africans from other countries (mostly Burkinabe and Malians,

       about 3 million), non-Africans 130,000 to 330,000 (French 30,000 and

       Lebanese 100,000 to 300,000)

      Religions: Muslim 60%, Christian 22%, indigenous 18% (some of

       these are also numbered among the Christians and Muslims)

      Languages: French (official), 60 native dialects with Dioula the

       most widely spoken

      Literacy:

       definition: age 15 and over can read and write

       total population: 48.5%

       male: 57%

       female: 40%

      Government

      Country name:

       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

       former: Ivory Coast

      Data code: IV

      Government type: republic; multiparty presidential regime

       established 1960

      Capital: Yamoussoukro

       note: although Yamoussoukro has been the capital since 1983, Abidjan

       remains the administrative center; the US, like other countries,

       maintains its Embassy in Abidjan

      Administrative divisions: 50 departments (departements,

       singular—departement); Abengourou, Abidjan, Aboisso, Adzope,

       Agboville, Agnibilekrou, Bangolo, Beoumi, Biankouma, Bondoukou,

       Bongouanou, Bouafle, Bouake, Bouna, Boundiali, Dabakala, Daloa,

       Danane, Daoukro, Dimbokro, Divo, Duekoue, Ferkessedougou, Gagnoa,

       Grand-Lahou, Guiglo, Issia, Katiola, Korhogo, Lakota, Man, Mankono,

       Mbahiakro, Odienne, Oume, Sakassou, San-Pedro, Sassandra, Seguela,

       Sinfra, Soubre, Tabou, Tanda, Tingrela, Tiassale, Touba, Toumodi,

       Vavoua, Yamoussoukro, Zuenoula

       note: Cote d'Ivoire may have a new administrative structure

       consisting of 58 departments; the following additional departments

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