Côte d’Ivoire

Various small kingdoms ruled the area of Cote d’Ivoire between the 15th and 19th centuries, when European explorers arrived and then began to expand their presence.

Government type: presidential republic. Chief of state: President Alassane Dramane OUATTARA (since 25 October 2025).

Facts

Capital	Yamoussoukro (legislative capital), Abidjan (administrative and economic capital); most foreign embassies operate from Abidjan
Region	Western Africa, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean, between Ghana and Liberia
Area	total : 322,463 sq km; land: 318,003 sq km; water: 4,460 sq km
Population	31,855,971 (2025 est.)
Languages	French (official), 60 native dialects of which Dioula is the most widely spoken
Currency	Communaute Financiere Africaine francs (XOF)
Time zone	to be filled
ccTLD	.ci

Refugees

Camps hosting refugees, asylum-seekers, and internally displaced persons (IDPs) inside the country. Operators use this to track population movement, NGO and UN footprint, humanitarian access corridors, and the political pressure conflict generates on the host. Cross-reference UNHCR Operational Data Portal, IOM DTM, and ReliefWeb before relying on the entry.

Camp	Population	Origin	Location	Notes
to be filled	to be filled	to be filled	to be filled	to be filled