Area: 322.028 Km²
Population: 16.393.000 (2001 est.)
Density: 51 pop/Km²

System of government: Presidential Republic
Capital: Yamoussoukro (120.000 pop.), Abidjan (2.793.000 pop.) Seat of Government
Major cities: Bouaké 390.000 pop.
Ethnic majority: Akan 38%, Mandes 20%, Krous 16%, Voltaiques 12%, others 14%
Border countries: Liberia and Guinea WEST, Mali and Burkina Faso NORTH, Ghana EAST

Principal mountains: Mounts Nimba 1752 m
Principal rivers: Bandama 720 Km
Principal lakes: Lac de Kossou, Lac de Buyo
Principal islands: -
Climate: Tropical

Language: French (official), Dioula and others ethnic dialect
Religion: Indigenous Beliefs 60%, Muslim 25%, Christian 15%
Currency: Communaute Financiere Africaine Franc (XAF)