Cote d'Ivoire: Geography#
| Location | Western Africa, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean, between Ghana and Liberia |
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| Geographic Coordinates | 8 00 N, 5 00 W 8.0,-5.0 |
| Area | total: 322,463 sq km land: 318,003 sq km water: 4,460 sq km [Verified in 8 databases] |
| Land boundaries | total: 3,458 km border countries: Burkina Faso 545 km, Ghana 720 km, Guinea 816 km, Liberia 778 km, Mali 599 km |
| Coastline | 515 km |
| Elevation Extremes | lowest point: Gulf of Guinea 0 m highest point: Monts Nimba 1,752 m |
| Highest Mountains | As there is no entry in Wolfram we are listing mountain list of Geonames only: According to Geonames: Mont Zo 1144 m; Mont No 1070 m; Mont Zan 1066 m; Sangrou 1051 m Attempted Explanation: Please help us to try to explain the discrepancies by sending us helpful information to office nospam@TUGraz.at @global-geography.org |
| Terrain | mostly flat to undulating plains; mountains in northwest |
| Natural Hazards | coast has heavy surf and no natural harbors; during the rainy season torrential flooding is possible |
| Natural Resource | petroleum, natural gas, diamonds, manganese, iron ore, cobalt, bauxite, copper, gold, nickel, tantalum, silica sand, clay, cocoa beans, coffee, palm oil, hydropower |
| Land Use | arable land: 8.99% permanent crops: 13.65% other: 77.36% (2011) |
| Climate | tropical along coast, semiarid in far north; three seasons - warm and dry (November to March), hot and dry (March to May), hot and wet (June to October) |
| Irrigated Land | 727.5 sq km (2003) |
| Renewable Water Resources | 81.14 cu km (2011) |
| Environment_CurrentIssues | deforestation (most of the country's forests - once the largest in West Africa - have been heavily logged); water pollution from sewage and industrial and agricultural effluents |
| Environment - international agreements | party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 83, Tropical Timber 94, Wetlands, Whaling signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements |
| Large Cities | Due to difference in city rankings taken from two data sources we are listing here both lists : According to Wolfram: Abidjan; Bouake; Daloa; San-Pedro; Yamoussoukro According to Geonames: Abidjan; Abobo; Bouake; Daloa; San-Pedro Attempted Explanation: Please help us to try to explain the discrepancies by sending us helpful information to office nospam@TUGraz.at @global-geography.org Important Cities |
| Geography-note | most of the inhabitants live along the sandy coastal region; apart from the capital area, the forested interior is sparsely populated |