Côte d’Ivoire country guide — 26 October 2026 Reading sources geography: Geography of Côte d’Ivoire · overview https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geography_of_Ivory_Coast history: History of Côte d’Ivoire · overview https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Ivory_Coast language: Constitution · official language in article 48 https://www.constituteproject.org/constitution/Cote_DIvoire_2016 culture: UNESCO · living heritage of Côte d’Ivoire https://ich.unesco.org/en/state/cote-d-ivoire-CI economy: World Bank · Côte d’Ivoire overview https://www.worldbank.org/en/country/cotedivoire/overview politics: Constitution · presidency, government and parliament https://www.constituteproject.org/constitution/Cote_DIvoire_2016 nature: UNESCO · World Heritage properties in Côte d’Ivoire https://whc.unesco.org/en/statesparties/ci/ food: UNESCO · attiéké knowledge and other living heritage https://ich.unesco.org/en/state/cote-d-ivoire-CI landmarks: UNESCO · Sudanese-style mosques in northern Côte d’Ivoire https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1648/ people: Demographics · census and society overview https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_Ivory_Coast Additional references https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/195/ (Taï) https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/227/ (Comoé) https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/155/ (Mount Nimba, Guinea and Côte d’Ivoire) https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1322/ (Grand-Bassam) https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1648/ (eight mosques, one serial property) https://www.cafonline.com/caf-africa-cup-of-nations/ https://www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice/cote-d-ivoire The 2021 census population is about 29.4 million; later estimates differ. French is official under article 48 of the 2016 constitution. The linked course teaches general French, not specifically Nouchi. AFCON 2023 was played in 2024. The Nimba World Heritage property is shared by Guinea and Côte d’Ivoire; the wider mountain range also extends into Liberia. Grand-Bassam includes both the colonial town and the N’zima settlement. The eight northern UNESCO mosques are components of one property, including two in Kong. Map provenance and limitations The CI feature of public/countries.geojson supplies the retained national outline. It is the site's generalised Natural Earth-derived geometry, public domain: https://www.naturalearthdata.com/about/terms-of-use/ Input: scripts/cote-divoire-outline-source.geojson. Sixteen settlement-centre pins are curated in scripts/cote-divoire-map-places.json. Settlement references: Abidjan, Yamoussoukro, Bouaké, Daloa, San-Pédro, Korhogo, Man, Grand-Bassam, Sassandra, Abengourou, Bondoukou, Ferkessédougou, Odienné, Gagnoa, Divo and Kong; corresponding English Wikipedia place articles. Coordinates and sight tuples use [longitude, latitude]. City and sight pins are approximate learning locations, not surveyed boundaries or entrances. Park pins represent their wider landscapes. No regional, park or World Heritage boundaries are claimed. The outline generalises the lagoon coast; coastal points may differ from a detailed shoreline. City centres are retained rather than moved to fit it. Offline rebuild: node scripts/build-cote-divoire-map.mjs Check: node scripts/test-cote-divoire-guide.cjs Quiz review The unchanged seed-west-africa-batch1.mjs is retained along with a fixture of all 80 original questions. Ten read-time corrections clarify language counts, cocoa shares, Comoé rankings, Nimba, religious affiliation, migration, mask traditions, Drogba’s peace appeal, kedjenou and Grand-Bassam. Existing IDs and saved progress are preserved. No database writes or schema changes are needed. Photographs Ten existing licensed images are reused from /images/facts-africa/ci/. Photographs illustrate places and practices, not current access or opening hours. geography: A fisherman on the Bandama River at Grand-Lahou, Ivory Coast /images/facts-africa/ci/geography.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:P%C3%AAcheur_sur_le_fleuve_Badaman_%C3%A0_Grand-Lahou.JPG Cyriac Gbogou, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons history: Historic buildings in Grand-Bassam, Ivory Coast /images/facts-africa/ci/history.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Historic_town_of_Grand-Bassam_24092023_116.jpg Yamen, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons language: Children at a school in Ivory Coast /images/facts-africa/ci/language.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Children_in_a_school_in_C%C3%B4te_d%27Ivoire_-_20090420_-_4.jpg Clément Bucco-Lechat, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons culture: A dancer performing the Zaouli dance, Ivory Coast /images/facts-africa/ci/culture.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_Zaouli_de_Manfla_dance_of_the_Ivory_Coast,_West_Africa.jpg Amhogas, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons economy: Warehouses at the port of Abidjan, Ivory Coast /images/facts-africa/ci/economy.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Abidjan_port_warehouses_Cote_d%27Ivoire.jpg Romain Seaf, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons politics: The presidential palace in Abidjan, Ivory Coast /images/facts-africa/ci/politics.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:PalaisPr%C3%A9sidentielAbidjan2016.jpg Citizen59, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons nature: A chimpanzee in Taï National Park, Ivory Coast /images/facts-africa/ci/nature.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Chimpanzee_in_Tai_National_Forest.jpg Wild Expeditions, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons food: Attiéké served in Abidjan, Ivory Coast /images/facts-africa/ci/food.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Attieke_in_Abidjan_C%C3%B4te_d%27Ivoire.JPG Hanay, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons landmarks: Colonnade and a domed pavilion at the Basilica of Our Lady of Peace in Yamoussoukro, Côte d’Ivoire /images/facts-africa/ci/landmarks.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Basilique_notre_Dame_de_la_Paix_de_Yamoussoukro_9.jpg Didierwiki, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons people: A fruit seller in Abidjan, Ivory Coast /images/facts-africa/ci/people.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Vendeuse_de_fruit_03.jpg Aman ADO, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Assinie’s lagoon-barrier pin lies about 1.88 km outside the generalised land polygon. Its location is retained; the guide test checks this bounded coastal exception rather than shifting a real place to fit a simplified outline.