Côte d'Ivoire Key

Côte d'Ivoire Key
(The Republic of Côte d'Ivoire)

Bible-believing · Christ-centered · Evangelistic · Independent

E-mail Address:
Mark 16:15

Ministry Address:
United States of America

Phone Number:
aaa.845.9220

Peoples: Over 100 ethnic groups; double that if
immigrant minority communities are included.
Africans indigenous to Côte d'Ivoire 74.4%:
_Akan 35.3%. 18 groups:
Baoulé 1.60 Million;

Lagoon peoples (14) 735,000;

Agni 487,000;

Nzema 47,000.

_Kru 14.6%. 24 groups:
Bété 698,00[0];

Guéré 289,000;

Dida (2) 178,000;

Wobe 170,000;

Krou (6) 62,000;

Nyaboa 36,000;

Godie 28,000;

Kouya 11,000.

_Gur 9.9%. 37 groups:
Senoufo (32 dialects) 907,000;

Kulango 237,000;

Lobi 54,000;

Teén (Lorhon) 6,000.

_Mande 8.1%. 9 groups:
Malinké 639,000;

Dioula 179,000;

Maou 107,000;

Soninké 100,000;

Bisa 63,000;

Wassulunké 15,000;

Bambara 14,000.

_South Mande 6.5%. 9 groups:
Yakouba 509,000;

Gouro 303,000;

Gagou 54,000;

Toura 26,000;

Yaouré 25,000;

Wan 18,000;

Mona 8,000.

Foreign Africans 24.9%.
Burkinabé 1.60 M;

Malian 754,000;

Guinean 238,000, other 345,000. In
1993 there were also 200,000 Liberian refugees.
Other 0.7%.
French 19,400;

Lebanese 9,700.

French Official language.

Dioula (Jula) Trade language.

Abidjan Trade language.

English KJV.

Some material above adapted from Operation World