Cote d'Ivoire

thumb|300px|right|The flag and national anthem of Cote d'Ivoire.
Côte d'Ivoire (English pronunciation: /ˌkoʊt diˈvwɑr/; French: [kot diˈvwaʀ]), formerly Ivory Coast, officially the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire, is a country in West Africa. The government officially discourages the use of the name Ivory Coast in English, preferring the French name Côte d'Ivoire to be used in all languages. With an area of 322,462 km2 Côte d'Ivoire borders Liberia and Guinea to the west, Mali and Burkina Faso to the north, Ghana to the east, and the Gulf of Guinea and the Atlantic Ocean to the south. The country's population, which was 15,366,672 in 1998,[5] is estimated to be 18,373,060 in 2008.
==Religion in Cote d'Ivoire==
According to statistics from 2008, 38.6% of Ivorians are Muslims (mostly Sunni), 32.8% are Christians (mostly Roman Catholics, 11.9% follow traditional African beliefs and 16.7% have no religion, less than 0.1% are Buddhists.
The country's capital, Yamoussoukro, is home to the world's largest church, the Basilica of Our Lady of Peace of Yamoussoukro.
==References==
*http://www.thedhamma.com/buddhists_in_the_world.htm
*The Complete Book of Buddha's Lists -- Explained. David N. Snyder, Ph.D., 2006.
*http://www.thedhamma.com/
==External links==
* Wikipedia article about Cote d'Ivoire.
* Wikivoyage article about Cote d'Ivoire.
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