THE WHOLE HISTORY OF CÔTE D'IVOIRE
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Welcome to countries Facts so Today in this Article I will show you the whole history of ivory coast ivory coast or cote d'ivoire is a country in west africa its capital is yamasuku while its economic capital and largest city is abhijan guinea liberia mali burkina faso and ghana are bordering countries to ivory coast it is also bothered by the atlantic ocean in the south french is the official language while several indigenous languages are also widely spoken which include baoli diola dan any and sibara senufu in all there are about 78 different languages spoken in ivory coast the major ethnic groups are akan which is the largest gormandi and cruz the country has sizeable populations of muslims that's about 42.9 percent christians are about 33.9 percent and various indigenous religions about 3.6 percent 19.1 percent of ivorians consider themselves to be irreligious early french and portuguese merchant explorers in the 15th and 16th centuries divided the west coast of africa into four coasts according to the prevailing local economies there was the slave coast nigeria togo bannon republic the gold coast ghana and the grain coast liberia the coast that the french named codevoir and the portuguese named the costa domafim both literally meaning coast of ivory reflected the major trade in the area a number of important states thrived in the region that now make up ivory coast during the pre-european era there was the muslim kong empire which was established by the jolla in the early 18th century although kong grew prosperous and became a center of agriculture and trade ethnic diversity and religious conflict gradually weakened the kingdom and in 1895 kong was conquered by samarituri of the wasulu empire the abron kingdom of german was another important state in the region it was established in the 17th century by the abron people fleeing from the ashanti confederation in present-day ghana the abron gradually extended their control over the groups like the juula people in bonduku which became a major center of commerce and islam with students coming from all parts of west africa to learn from the kingdom's quranic scholars all the powerful empires which existed earlier than the kong and abram kingdoms are the ghana mali and songhai empires whose influences were visible in present day ivory coast ivory coast became a french colony in 1893 and captain bingar was appointed governor until 1958 ivory coast was administered by governors appointed in paris using a system of direct centralized administration this system left little room for ivorian participation in policy making only a few ivorian elites enjoyed certain privileges through the principle of assimilation dissatisfied ivorian nationalists began to push for independence which was attained in 1960 with huffuebwani as the first president at independence ivory coast was the most prosperous country in french west africa it was contributing more than 40 percent to the region's total exports under who fubuyin's rule the country was the third largest producer of coffee behind brazil and columbia by 1979 it was the largest cocoa producer in the world as well as africa's leading exporter of pineapples and palm oil the presence of french technicians in the country contributed to ivory coast success whereas in many african countries europeans were kicked out after independence in ivory coast they poured in increasing from about thirty thousand before independence to twice that number by 1980 who fueny rules the country under a one-party system amid calls for multi-party politics he began to face criticism for his style of leadership his decision to spend millions of dollars transforming his home village of yamusucro into the new capital was highly criticized in 1990 civil servants went on strike to protest against institutional corruption leading to unrest the unrest would later lay the foundation for political instability and civil wars it forced the government to adopt multi-party democracy who fubuani having grown feeble died in 1993 and henry conan bedies succeeded him pedia was re-elected in 1995 as president unlike kufuebwani who managed ethnic issues with care bedia's approach heightened ethnic tensions and eventually led to two civil wars in the following decades in late 1999 a group of angry officers carried out a coup and removed bedier who fled to france general robert gray was installed in power the new leadership worked to reduce crime and corruption which had become obvious at the time the following year lauren babu emerged victorious in the presidential elections the election was anything but peaceful and it led to a crisis which eventually became full-blown civil war in september 2002. even though peace agreements were signed in january 2003 the crisis resumed in 2004 when bhagw's term expired in 2005 elections could not be held because of the war another peace corps was signed in march 2007 and elections eventually held in november 2007 with bagbu losing to former prime minister alessani watara supporters of balboa disagree and declared bagbu to have won he was inaugurated for another term however alessaniwatara who most countries and the united nations recognized as a lawful winner was sworn in in another ceremony this crisis led to ivory coast's second civil war between 2010 and 2011 when the war ended in april 2011 after bagbo was taken into custody the country had been severely damaged later in january 2016 bagbo was taken to the international criminal court in the hague which the first former head of state to be so taken he was acquitted by the court but given a conditional release in january 2019. ivory coast is divided into 12 districts plus two district-level autonomous cities the districts are further divided into 31 regions which in turn are split into 108 departments under the departments there are 510 sub-prefectures and sometimes communes which comprise multiple villages ivory coast was part of the founding members of the organization of african unity oau in 1963 which became the african union in the year 2000 generally ivory coast has shown respect for state sovereignty and advocates peaceful cooperation between african countries it is also a member of the organization of islamic cooperation la francophonie latin union and south atlantic peace and cooperation zone considering the west african sub-region ivory coast has a relatively high income per capita which was 2 286 u.s dollars nominal in 2019. it is the biggest economy in the west african economic and monetary union bringing 40 of the monetary union's total gdp the country is the biggest cocoa exporting nation in the world and the fourth largest exporter of goods in general in sub-saharan africa ivory coast has experienced faster economic growth than most other african nations since its gained independence codevoir is considered one of the strongest footballing nations in africa it has made three appearances at the fifa world cup in germany 2006 in south africa 2010 and in brazil 2014 they were champions in the african cup of nations in 1992 and 2015 defeating ghana on both occasions to clinch the title the de drogba is unarguably their biggest star other notable players include siblings yaya toure and koloturi eric bailly and javino basketball and taekwondo are also quite popular in the country the country is ranked second place in africa all-time medals winning some of the beautiful sights in ivory coast include its economic capital abijan which is nicknamed the paris of west africa for its beauty there is more to explore in the city the lovely beaches lively nightclubs saint paul's cathedral and the national art museum then there is yamusukro which is the official capital of ivory coast even though it is only a political capital as abhijan remains where most things happen however yamusucro has some great sites like the basilica of our lady of peace which is the largest basilica in the world larger than saint peter's basilica in the vatican and extremely beautiful the thai national park is undoubtedly one of the most staggering national attractions in the country it is one of the last remaining areas of virgin rainforest on the continent and has been on unesco's list of world heritage sites since 1982. the park is home to several species of mammals including the pygmyhippotemus olive colorboss monkeys leopards and chimpanzees what have we missed out of this history let know in the comment section will it be ridiculous to subscribe to our website if no please like this Article share and subscribe to our website Goodbye.
