IVORY COST AND/OR COTE D'IVORE

INTRODUCTION

• Cote d'ivore is located on Africa next to the atlantic ocean
• The climate is warm and dry for most of the year
• The land is mostly flat; mountains in northwest
• No natural harbors; floods may occur
• Not much fresh water

INTERESTING FACT/S

• Official language is French
• Football ( soccer) is pouplular there
• Worlds largest expoter of coco
• was once called the 'teeth coast' due to the trade in ivory.

ECONOMIC STATUS

• Heavily dependent on agriculture
• Worlds largest producer and exporter
• -coco beans-coffee-palm oil
• Political turmoil damaged the economy
• This resulted in loss of forign investment and economy growth

INDICATORS OF ECONMIC STATUS

• Main line telephons- 268,000
• Cell phones- 19 mil
• Internet host- 91,115
• Internet users- 967,300
• .14/ 1000 physicians

DISEASES

• People living with AIDS/HIV-450,000
• Deaths from AIDS/HIV-31,200
• Risk of infectious diseases- very high
• malaria, dengue fever, yellow fever
• bacterial diarrhea, hepatitis A, and rabies