Cote+d'+Ivoire

= Location = // Absolute- //
 * ‍Cote d' Ivorie (Ivory Coast) By: Sydnie and Bella **
 * 8 degrees North Latitude
 * 5 degrees West Longitude

// Relative- //
 * Northern and Western hemispheres
 * Africa
 * Bordered by Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, and Burkina Faso

= Place -Physical Characteristics- = // Area within the continent- //
 * West coast of Africa

// Physical Geography- //
 * Bodies of water: Gulf of Guinea, Atlantic Ocean
 * ‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍Rivers: The Komoe' River is 466 miles, The Sassandra River is about 400 miles
 * Lakes: Lac de Kossou which is the largest lake in the Ivory Coast,The Lac de Buyo was formed by the construction of the Buyo Dam in 1980
 * Mountains: Mt. Nimba includes both a rainforest and a savanna‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍ and is the highest mountain in the Ivory Coast

// Vegetation- // Cocoa, Coffee, cotton, Bananas, Rubber, Rice, Sugar, Pineapple, Coconut, Yams, Cassova, Orka, Sweet Potatoes

// Climate- //
 * //Along the coast:// 70 degrees F to 90 degrees F, About inches of rainfall a year
 * Northern Savanah: Tempature can drop to 54 degrees F and rise to 104 degrees F
 * Rainforest: Tropical tempatures in the South and Semiarid North

= Place // -Human Characteristics- //= // Eating- //
 * Always wash their hands before dinner
 * Only eat with their right hand
 * Kids may not eat with adults
 * Women and men may be separated

// Holidays and Celebrations- //
 * New Years
 * Independence D ay
 * Christmas
 * Easter [[image:http://adampaulgreen.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/cacao-to-chocolate2.jpg width="184" height="210" align="right"]]
 * Ramadan
 * Eid al-Fitr
 * Fete des Masques

// Language and Religion- //
 * French is the official language
 * Dyula, Angi, Baoule, Mande, Senufo, Nouchi are other languages found in the Cote d' Ivorie
 * There are Three main religions; Christianity, Islam, and Animist
 * Islam is mostly n the South
 * Christianity is in the South
 * ‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍Some people mix their traditions with other religious customs‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍

// ‍Education and Jobs- //

 // Dating and Marriage- // // Lifestyle- // = Human-Environmental Interaction- =
 * Students attend local primary schools, regional schools, and universities
 * Students were taught French which most kids learned for first time in school
 * In ruralschools, subjects like math are taught
 * After 7 years ofschool you get a baccalauret
 * Many people belive a boy's education is more likely to help a family than a girls education
 * Polygamy is illegal
 * Casual dating is mostly in cities
 * Men age: Men can not get married before 30 years of age
 * Women age: Women get married at around age 12
 * Christians get married in a townhall usually
 * The father is usally the leader of the home
 * Family problems are talked about in group meetings in rural places [[image:africacountryproject/small village.jpg width="250" height="182" align="right" caption="A small village"]]
 * In rural palces, people live in homes made out of mud, thatch, wood, and cement
 * Women wash the clothes outside
 * Toilets are placed and used outside
 * In the cities, there are nicer cement homes, marble, tile, indoor plumbing, and electricity

// Humans adapting to the environment- //
 * People bulid their homes by using their surroundings such as mud, thatch, wood,and cement
 * When people want to play soccer and they don't have a field to play on, they have a game on the beach

// Humans changing the enironment- // // Environmental problems due to people changing the environment- // > = = = Movement- =
 * Deforestation and destruction in the rainforest
 * People had to clear away areas of land to build their 31 airports of which only seven are paved.
 * Extinction of plants and animals, loss of medicine plants
 * Rainfall patterns changing, infertile land, increase in malaria

// Transportation- //
 * Export products overseas by boats
 * Many railroads and 31 airports for people to get around

// Products- //
 * Coffee, cocoa, bananas, rice, rubber, pineapples, coconuts, lumber, aluminum, oil, latex, sugar, and sweet potatoes

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 * People find news and information by reading the daily newspaper
 * ===== People listin to the major radio stations for ideas and information =====


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// Regions- //


 * **Religion:** || **Percentage:** ||
 * Islam || 38.6% ||
 * Christianity || 32.8% ||
 * African Indigenous || 28% ||


 * **Products:** || **Export percentages:** ||
 * Raw and roasted cocoa beans || 25% ||
 * Cocoa butter and paste || 8% ||
 * Crude petroleum || 11% ||
 * Chocolate || 11% ||
 * Other || 45% ||

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