History of the Ivory Coast The penetration of Europeans into Côte d’Ivoire began in con. 15th c. In the 1630s the first French colonists appeared…

TERRITORY: HUMAN GEOGRAPHY Population area fairly recent and rather limited due above all to the unfavorable environmental conditions offered by the forest, whose extension was…

GETTING THERE Arriving by plane Air Burkina (2J), Air France (AF), British Airways (BA), Egyptair (MS), South African Airways (SA), Kenya Airways (KQ) and KLM…

GENERAL Official name of the state Republic of Côte d’Ivoire. Capital Yamoussoukro. Seat of government: Abidjan. Geography As a country located in Africa according to…

Religious freedom prevails. The census of 2014 showed that the Muslims (mainly Sunni) were slightly more than the Christians (mainly Catholics), who have traditionally had…

Coastal state of West Africa, small, relatively fertile, rich in raw materials and quite populous, it has attracted the sights of the French since the…

The first certain news relating to this part of the coast of East Africa concerns the Arabs who arrived there towards the end of the…

The literary tradition in Mali is primarily associated with an exceptionally rich oral poetry. Much of it draws inspiration from the history of the great…

The Ivory Coast has an approx. 480 km long coastline, which in the west is characterized by low cliffs, while the eastern part takes the…

The constitution of the Ivory Coast from independence in 1960 was replaced by a new one in the year 2000. This was again updated in…