<Ol> <Li> Including approximately 130,000 Lebanese and 14,000 French people . </Li> </Ol> <Li> Including approximately 130,000 Lebanese and 14,000 French people . </Li> <P> Ivory Coast, also known as Côte d'Ivoire and officially as the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire, is a sovereign state located in West Africa . Ivory Coast's political capital is Yamoussoukro, and its economic capital and largest city is the port city of Abidjan . Its bordering countries are Guinea and Liberia in the west, Burkina Faso and Mali in the north, and Ghana in the east . The Gulf of Guinea (Atlantic Ocean) is located south of Ivory Coast . </P> <P> Prior to its colonization by Europeans, Ivory Coast was home to several states, including Gyaaman, the Kong Empire, and Baoulé . Two Anyi kingdoms, Indénié and Sanwi, attempted to retain their separate identity through the French colonial period and after independence . Ivory Coast became a protectorate of France in 1843--1844 and later a French colony in 1893 amid the European scramble for Africa . Ivory Coast achieved independence in 1960, led by Félix Houphouët - Boigny, who ruled the country until 1993 . The country maintained close political and economic association with its West African neighbors while at the same time maintaining close ties to the West, especially France . Since the end of Houphouët - Boigny's rule in 1993, Ivory Coast has experienced a coup d'état, in 1999, and two religion - grounded civil wars . The first took place between 2002 and 2007 and the second during 2010--2011 . In 2000, the country adopted a new constitution . </P>

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