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Geographic Locations > Africa > Africa South of the Sahara > Africa, Western > Cote d'Ivoire

Preferred term

Cote d'Ivoire  

Type

  • Geographical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Ivory Coast
  • Republic of Cote diIvoire

Note

  • in translations use the French name Côte d'Ivoire with circumflex

Scope note

  • A republic in western Africa, south of MALI and BURKINA FASO, bordered by GHANA on the east. Its administrative capital is Abidjan and Yamoussoukro has been the official capital since 1983. The country was formerly called Ivory Coast.

History note

  • 94; was IVORY COAST 1971-93

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D007560

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