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CÔTE D'IVOIRE Republic of Côte d'Ivoire République de Côte d'Ivoire COUNTRY OVERVIEW LOCATION AND SIZE. Côte d'Ivoire (which means "Ivory Coast") is a West African country bordering the North Atlantic Ocean between Ghana and Liberia. It has an area of 322,460 square kilometers (124,502 square miles) of which 318,000 square kilometers (122,780 square miles) are occupied by land while water occupies the remaining 4,460 square kilometers (1,722 square miles). Its boundaries are 3,110 kilometers long (1,932 miles)....
