Travel & technology
Electric power
- Plug shape
- Voltage
- 220V, 50Hz
Phone dialing
- Code to call Côte d'Ivoire
- +225
What every visitor should know about Côte d'Ivoire:
- Money
- The currency is the West African CFA franc (XOF). 100 XOF is worth about US$0.22, or €0.15.
- Crime
- CrimeSafe Travel Score™: 2.5 out of 5 (Use caution)
Areas of concern:
- Pick-pocketing / bag-snatching
- Armed robbery is frequent
- Carjacking
- Capital
- Yamoussoukro
- Tap water
- Very dangerous. Water-borne disease is widespread and purification is unreliable. Drink boiled or bottled water only.
Côte d'Ivoire facts and figures:
People
- Population
- 20,617,068
- Language
- French (official), 60 native dialects with Dioula the most widely spoken
- Ethnicity
- Akan 42.1%, Voltaiques or Gur 17.6%, Northern Mandes 16.5%, Krous 11%, Southern Mandes 10%, other 2.8% (includes 130,000 Lebanese and 14,000 French)
Economy
- GDP
- US$1,700 (per capita)
- Income equality
- Moderate