Profile of Ivory Coast

CAPITAL: Yamoussoukro

CURRENCY: West African CFA franc

CLIMATE: The coastal region, where temperatures stay fairly constant is dry for most of the year, experiencing an intensely wet rainy season between mid-May and mid-July. In the central forest region of the country, though, it is continually wet and humid. The hottest part of the country is the northern savannah, and this experiences a long wet season from June to October.

AIRPORTS: Nero-Mer Airport; Ouango Fitini Airport; Yamoussoukro Airport.

LANGUAGE: French.

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