象牙海岸(C?te d'Ivoire)
正式名称象牙海岸共和国（Republic of C?te d'Ivoire）
英语作Ivory Coast（1986年以前）
非洲西部共和国。面积320,763平方公里。人口约16,393,000（2001）。首都︰亚穆苏克罗（行政首都）、阿必尚（立法首都）。境内约有六十个独立部落，包括贝蒂人、塞努福人、鲍勒人、阿尼人、马林克人、丹人和洛布人。语言︰法语（官方语）和多种土语。宗教︰伊斯兰教、天主教和传统万物有灵论。货币︰非洲金融共同体法郎（CFAF）。全国可画为四大地理区：狭长沿海地区、赤道雨林区（西）、栽培林区（东）、稀树草原区（北）。农业雇用全国约一半以上的劳力。为全世界最大的可可产国和主要的咖啡产地，其他出口产品包括香蕉、棉花、橡胶、木材和钻石。政府形式为多党制共和国，一院制。国家元首为总统，政府首脑是总理。
西元15世纪时，欧洲列强开始进入此区，进行象牙和奴隶的买卖。到19世纪，当地的王国势力为法国所取代。1893年成立法属象牙海岸殖民地，1908～1918年完全由法国人占领。1946年成为法兰西联邦的一块领土，1947年北部脱离联邦独立为上伏塔国家（即今布吉纳法索）。1958年象牙海岸和平取得自治权，1960年独立，乌弗埃.包瓦尼当选为总统。1990年第一次举行多党派总统大选。
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C?te d'Ivoire
Republic, western Africa. Area: 124,504 sq mi (322,463 sq km). Population (2001 est.): 16,393,000. Capital: Yamoussoukro, seat of government, Abidjan. There are about 60 independent tribes, including the Beti, Senufo, Baule, Anyi, Malinke, Dan, and Lobu. Languages: French (official), various native languages. Religions: Islam, Roman Catholicism, traditional animistic beliefs. Currency: CFA franc. C?te d'Ivoire can be divided into four major regions: a narrow coastal region, an equatorial rainforest in the west, a cultivated forest zone in the east, and a savanna region in the north. Agriculture employs more than 50% of the workforce. The country is the world's largest producer of cocoa and a major producer of coffee; other exports include bananas, cotton, rubber, timber, and diamonds. It is a republic with one legislative house; its chief of state is the president, and its head of government is the prime minister. European powers came to the area to trade in ivory and slaves beginning in the 15th century, and local kingdoms gave way to French influence in the 19th century. The French colony of C?te d'Ivoire was founded in 1893, and full French occupation took place 1908-18. In 1946 it became a territory in the French Union; in 1947 the northern part of the country separated and became the nation of Upper Volta (now Burkina Faso). C?te d'Ivoire peacefully achieved autonomy in 1958 and independence in 1960, when Felix Houphouet-Boigny was elected president. The country's first multiparty presidential elections were held in 1990.
