Investing and Setting up a Business in Côte d’Ivoire

Where is Côte d’Ivoire located?
Côte d’Ivoire is a country on the southern coast of West Africa.

Côte d’Ivoire is bordered by Guinea to the northwest, Liberia to the west, Mali to the northwest, Burkina Faso to the northeast, Ghana to the east, and the Gulf of Guinea (Atlantic Ocean) to the south.

Capital: Yamoussoukro
Area: 322,460 km²
Currency: The West African CFA franc

Features:
Yamoussoukro, the nation’s capital, located in the country’s center; Abidjan, the port city, is the country’s largest city and economic hub and the 3rd largest French-speaking city in the world.

Côte d’Ivoire is home to around 60 different ethnic groups. The groups used to be separate from one another, but through time, internal movement and widespread intermarriage severely diminished group identity with a particular cultural legacy in each given region.

 

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