Catholic Church

Also known as: Elfenbeinküste (Deutsch), Costa de Marfil (español), la Côte d’Ivoire (français), Costa d’Avorio (Italiano), Wybrzeże Kości Słoniowej (polski), Costa do Marfim (Português), 科特迪瓦 (正體中文), コートジボワール (日本語), Litus Eburneum (latine)

Continent: Western and Northern Africa

Capital: Yamoussoukro

Area: 318,003 km²

Population: 24,184,810

Religions: Muslim 42.9%, Catholic 17.2%, Evangelical 11.8%, Methodist 1.7%, other Christian 3.2%, animist 3.6%, other religion 0.5%, none 19.1%

Languages: French (official), 60 native dialects of which Dioula is the most widely spoken

Ethnic Groups: Akan 28.8%, Voltaique or Gur 16.1%, Northern Mande 14.5%, Kru 8.5%, Southern Mande 6.9%, unspecified 0.9%, non-Ivoirian 42.3%

Motto: Union, Discipline, Travail (French) (Unity, Discipline, Labor)

Neighbouring Countries: ← Liberia , ↖ Guinea , ↑ Mali , ↗ Burkina Faso , → Ghana

Jurisdictions (16): Metr. Archdioceses (4), Dioceses (12)

Roman Rite (15): Abengourou, Abidjan, Agboville, Bondoukou, Bouaké, Daloa, Gagnoa, Grand-Bassam, Katiola, Korhogo, Man, Odienné, San Pedro, Yamoussoukro, Yopougon

Maronite Church (1): Annunciation of Ibadan

Cardinals (1 elector/1 total): Kutwa (77) | All Cardinals

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Apostolic Nunciature: Cote d’Ivoire

Conference of Bishops: Conférence des Evêques Catholiques de Côte d’Ivoire

International Meeting of Bishops’ Conferences: Regional Episcopal Conference of West Africa (R.E.C.O.W.A.)