Alissa+and+Shawn+Ivory+Coast+2B

 · Size of country in square miles (compare it to the United States)  · Africa in square miles 124500 for U.S.A its 3794100  · Population density in people per square mile (compare it to the United States)  · Population for Africa 21058798 for U.S.A 310232863  · Gross Domestic Product per capita (explain what “GDP per capita” means and how your country relates to the United States’ GDP per capita)
 * [|**Region**] || [|**Real GDP (per capita)***] || [|**Nation**] ||
 * ivory coast || Africa (Sub-Saharan Africa, West Africa) || $1,690 ||
 * United States of America || Americas (North America) || $45,592 ||  ||
 * United States of America || Americas (North America) || $45,592 ||  ||

· Political and physical map of your country lyrics/music: Mathieu EKRA, Joachim BONY, and Pierre Marie COTY/Pierre Marie COTY and Pierre Michel PANGO //note: //<span style="color: #92d050; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> adopted 1960; although the nation's capital city moved from Abidjan to Yamoussoukro in 1983, the anthem still owes its name to the former capital ||
 * <span style="color: #92d050; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">name: "L'Abidjanaise" (Song of Abidjan)

<span style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt 58.5pt; tabstops: list 58.5pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"> · Image of their flag (and any significance of the symbols, colors, etc.)
 * ||  || <span style="color: #00b050; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 7.5pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">The flag of Ivory Coast was adopted in 1959. It has vertical bands of orange, white, and green. In one explanation of the flag's symbolism, the orange represents the land and the blood of the people who fought for emancipation; white stands for peace and justice; and green represents hope and the future. In another explanation, orange represents northern savannahs; green symbolizes southern forests; and white binds them in unity. ||   ||

<span style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt 58.5pt; tabstops: list 58.5pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"> · Life expectancy (compare it to the United States) <span style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt 58.5pt; tabstops: list 58.5pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"> · Male: Africa 56 U.S.A 6 Female: Africa 58 U.S.A 81 Birth rate (compare it to the United States) <span style="color: #92d050; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">31.48 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)country comparison to the world: [|43] <span style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt 58.5pt; tabstops: list 58.5pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"> · Infant mortality rate (compare it to the United States) <span style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt 58.5pt; tabstops: list 58.5pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"> · Usa 6 africa 68 <span style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt 58.5pt; tabstops: list 58.5pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"> · Language(s) spoken <span style="color: #92d050; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in;">French (official), 60 native dialects with Dioula the most widely spoken

<span style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt 58.5pt; tabstops: list 58.5pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"> · Monetary Unit <span style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt 58.5pt; tabstops: list 58.5pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"> · Type of Government (and explain what this means and how it is different from the United States) Ivory Coast's president (currently Laurent Gbagbo) is head of state. A prime minister (currently Guillaume Soro) is head of government. The unicameral National Assembly has 225 seats. Its members are directly elected to five-year terms. The voting age is 18. Abidjan was the capital until President Houphouët-Boigny made Yamoussoukro, his hometown, the new capital in the 1970s. Abidjan is still home to most businesses and the National Assembly (though there are plans to move it to Yamoussoukro <span style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt 58.5pt; tabstops: list 58.5pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"> · Political   Leader currently Laurent Gbagbo   RELIGION  Religions practiced  The population is divided into three main religious traditions: traditional animist religions (12 percent), Islam (39 percent), and Christianity (33 percent). The remaining 16 percent does not claim a religion. Followers of indigenous religions typically worship their ancestors, use masks in their ceremonies, and believe that all objects have spirits. Muslims tend to live in the north. Christians—Catholics and Protestants, including numerous evangelical movements—tend to live in the south. Despite the general geographical separation of religious groups, Ivorians tend to be religiously tolerant, and it is not uncommon for them to mix elements from two or more religious traditions. <span style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt 58.5pt; tabstops: list 58.5pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"> · Literacy Rate (compare it to the United States)


 * **<span style="background: #0b3a8b; color: white; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 7.5pt;">[|Nation] ** ||  **<span style="background: #0b3a8b; color: white; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 7.5pt;">[|Region] **  ||  **<span style="background: #0b3a8b; color: white; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 7.5pt;">[|Adult literacy] **  ||
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 7.5pt; text-align: center;">Ivory Coast || <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 7.5pt; text-align: center;">Africa (Sub-Saharan Africa, West Africa)  || <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 7.5pt; text-align: center;">50%  ||
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 7.5pt; text-align: center;">United States of America || <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 7.5pt; text-align: center;">Americas (North America)  || <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 7.5pt; text-align: center;">99%  ||

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<span style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt 58.5pt; tabstops: list 58.5pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"> · Economic Summary (can include natural resources, trading partners, types of industry, etc.) <span style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt 58.5pt; tabstops: list 58.5pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"> · Cote d'Ivoire is the world's largest producer and exporter of cocoa beans and a significant producer and exporter of coffee and palm oil. Cococa, oil, and coffee are the country top exports. The country is also producing gold. End of the Silva war in 2003 the political turmoil has continued to damage the economy, resulting in the loss of foreign investment and slow economic growth. <span style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt 58.5pt; tabstops: list 58.5pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"> · Brief history (DO NOT copy and paste…use your own words!). <span style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt 58.5pt; tabstops: list 58.5pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"> · In the 1960 to 1970 Cococa and coffee develop the south. Strong development gave Ivory cost a nick name called “the economic miracle of West Africa “. A worldwide recession in the 1980s hurt the Cococa, coffee price Opposition groups forced multiparty elections to be held in 1990, but Houphouët-Boigny still won a sixth term. Three years later, he died and was replaced by his handpicked successor, Henri Konan Bédié. His tenure was marred by corruption and anti-foreigner ideology called Ivoirité, which blamed outsiders for economic problems. In December 1999, he was ousted in a coup led by General Robert Guei. <span style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt 58.5pt; tabstops: list 58.5pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"> · Ivory Coast's population of 21.06 million is growing by 2.1 percent annually. About 50 percent of the population lives in urban areas. However, many people live in small villages and maintain a traditional lifestyle.