Book synopsis: Côte d'Ivoire, in long form Republic of Côte d'Ivoire (RCI), more rarely referred to as Terre d'Éburnie, is a state located in Africa on the Atlantic Ocean4 in the western part of the Gulf of Guinea. With an area of 322,462 km2 , it is bordered to the north-northwest by Mali, to the northeast by Burkina Faso, to the east by Ghana, to the southwest by Liberia, to the west-northwest by Guinea and to the south by the Atlantic Ocean. The population is estimated at 26,378,274 in 20201. The political and administrative capital of Côte d'Ivoire is Yamoussoukro, although almost all institutions are located in Abidjan, its main economic center. The official language is French, but there are some 70 languages and dialects5 spoken in daily life. Its currency is the CFA franc. The country is a member of ECOWAS, the African Union and the Organization of Islamic Cooperation.