Cote dIvoire
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Introduction - Cote dIvoire: | Location - Cote dIvoire: | Location | Western Africa, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean, between Ghana and Liberia | | Geographic coordinates | 8 00 N, 5 00 W | | Map references | Africa | | Area | total: 322,460 sq km
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 | territorial sea: 12 nm
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
continental shelf: 200 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, natural gas, diamonds, manganese, iron ore, cobalt, bauxite, copper, gold, nickel, tantalum, silica sand, clay, cocoa beans, coffee, palm oil, hydropower | | Land use | arable land: 10.23%
permanent crops: 11.16%
other: 78.61% (2005) | | Irrigated land | 730 sq km (2003) | | 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 countrys forests - once the largest in West Africa - have been heavily logged); 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, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 83, Tropical Timber 94, Wetlands, Whaling
signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements | | Geography note | most of the inhabitants live along the sandy coastal region; apart from the capital area, the forested interior is sparsely populated | |
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