The country is known in English as the Ivory Coast, but, according to national law, the country’s name cannot be translated from French: Cote d’Ivoire. The administrative capital is in Yamoussoukro, but its economic and government capital, as well as the largest and most populated city, is in Abidjan. Country that is reopening to travelers, having regained stability.
REPUBLIC OF IVORY COAST Area: 322.463 km2Population: 27.481.086 (July 2020 est.)Life expectancy: about 61 yearsCapital: Yamoussoukro. The economic capital: AbidjanBorders: to the west by Liberia and Guinea, to the north by Mali and Burkina Faso, to the east by Ghana and to the south by the Gulf...
The festivals of Ivory Coast are the better way to get to know a population. To understand the ethnic groups of Ivory Coast it is absolutely necessary to attend the initiation ceremonies, the rituals animated by dances and the sounds of drums, flutes and gourds used as musical instruments ....
