Local short name form

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International telephone access code

ISO 3166 country codes

Car nationality plate code

Internet country code

GRC Country Code

   Note: This section last updated 2nd May 2021

   1 234,45

(where , indicates the decimal separator and a space the thousands separator)

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   dd/mm/yyyy
   dd.mm.yyyy
   dd-mm-yyyy

The 24-hour clock notation is used, with h, indicating heures, hours, often used as a separator:

   14h32
   14:32   

The official language is French , with 17 470 speakers. 72 other languages are spoken. The most widespread of these are: Anyin (610 000 speakers); Attié (381 000 speakers); Baule (2 130 000 speakers); Dan (800 000 speakers); Central Guéré (317 500 speakers); Guro (332 100 speakers); Jula (1 470 000 speakers) and Cebaara Senoufo (862 000 speakers).

Personal names are usually written with the family name first, followed by a comma and then the given name in this way:

   Monsieur Delon, Ervais

   Tables of names can be acquired: given names , surnames/family names , family name prefixes , forms of address , job titles 

The following company type may be found:

   SA – Société Anonyme

   Comprehensive tables of these strings can be acquired – see http:www.grcdi.nl/addresses.htm 

   Note: This section last updated 12th June 2020

Addresses are also often written with the post office box and city information on the same line:

Any address written in a non-native language will be written in French. Deliveries are made mainly to post office boxes (Boîte Postale, or BP). A sorting code is written both before the post office box number and after the settlement name.

Though postal deliveries are only to mailing addresses, street addresses will be found for the use of couriers, visitors etc. As not all streets are named, these may often be descriptive and unstructured. Examples:

   A table containing information about the relevant position of elements within address blocks can be acquired 

This is written as Boîte Postale, or BP; and Boîte Postale V, or BPV.

Ivory Coast has no postal code system.

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Ivory Coast - Postal code format

Ivory Coast - Postal code specifics

Ivory Coast - Postal code regular expression

Ivory Coast - Postal code level of coverage

Ivory Coast - Postal code map

   Note: This section last updated 1st October 2022

Ivory Coast has 14 autonomous districts :

   Abidjan  
   Bas-Sassandra  
   Comoé   
   Denguélé           
   Gôh-Djiboua     
   Lacs      
   Lagunes            
   Montagnes        
   Sassandra-Marahoué    
   Savanes             
   Vallée du Bandama      
   Woroba             
   Yamoussoukro            
   Zanzan  

Administrative districts graphic

   Note: This section last updated 6th January 2021

Ivory Coast telephone numbers have no area codes. On 31^st January 2021 Ivory Coast switched from an 8- to a 10-digit number system. 01, 05 or 07 was added in front of existing mobile numbers and 21, 25 or 27 was added in front of existing fixed numbers. The 0 must be dialled when calling mobile numbers.