Capital City: | Yamoussoukro (legislative capital), Abidjan (administrative capital); note – although Yamoussoukro has been the official capital since 1983, Abidjan remains the administrative capital as well as the officially designated commercial capital; the US, like other countries, maintains its Embassy in Abidjan |
Population: | 24,184,810 |
Languages: | French (official), 60 native dialects of which Dioula is the most widely spoken
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Monetary Unit: | Communaute Financiere Africaine francs (XOF) |
GDP Per Capita: | USD 3,900 |
Major Exports: | cocoa, coffee, timber, petroleum, cotton, bananas, pineapples, palm oil, fish |
Major Imports: | fuel, capital equipment, foodstuffs |