First of all, " HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY!! Beautiful People of Ivory Coast. Its been 58 years ehh, Have a Blessed future. Join us on FACEBOOK -- https://goo.gl/rB5uta Also SUBSCRIBE to our YouTube Channel here -- https://goo.gl/jYw6so ABIDJAN was a small village until it became a railway terminus in 1904, and it grew still more after the French enlarged its facilities in the 1920s. Abidjan became the capital of France’s Ivory Coast colony in 1934 and the capital of the independent nation of Côte d'Ivoire when it became independent in 1960. A virtual guide to Côte d'Ivoire (also known as Ivory Coast), a tropical country in southern West Africa on the Gulf of Guinea (North Atlantic Ocean), bordered in north by Mali and Burkina Faso, in west by Liberia and Guinea, and in east by Ghana. Ivory Coast covers an area of 322,463 km², compared it is slightly smaller than Kenya. Côte d'Ivoire has a population of 23.7 million inhabitants (in 2016). Capital city is Yamoussoukro. Largest city and the defacto capital is Abidjan. Spoken languages are French (official); and languages of five principal language groups, the Diula (Dioula), Baule (Baoulé), Dan, Anyin and Senari. About 40% of the population are Muslims, 34% are Christians, and 25% practice traditional (animist) religions. Ivory Coast (Côte d'Ivoire)also has very close ties with Ghana, Kenya,Uganda, South Africa, Burundi, Somalia, Sudan, Chad, Niger, Cameroon, Zimbabwe, Egypt, Togo, Mali, Nigeria, Benin, Gabon, Senegal, Algeria, Rwanda, Mauritius, Seychelles, Comoros, Zambia, Mozambique, Sudan, Djibouti, Malawi, South Africa, Gabon, Senegal , Angola, Congo, Cape Verde, Ethiopia and Burundi among other African Countries. Internationally Côte d'Ivoire is a key and strategic ally to the USA, France, Canada, Australia, Mexico, Canada, China, Pakistan, Russia, England(United Kingdom), Belgium, Germany, Sweden, Switzerland, Panama, Singapore, Cuba, Malaysia, Indonesia, Austria, Denmark and India.