| NAME: |
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| LOCATION: |
Africa & The Middle East |
| GOVERNMENT: |
Communist State |
| OFFICIAL LANGUAGE: |
French (official), 60 native dialects with Dioula the most widely spoken. |
| MAJOR RELIGION(S): |
Muslim 35-40%, indigenous 25-40%, Christian 20-30%. |
| MAJOR ETHNIC GROUPS: |
Akan 42.1%, Voltaiques or Gur 17.6%, Northern Mandes 16.5%, Krous 11%, Southern Mandes 10%, other 2.8% (includes 130,000 Lebanese and 14,000 French). |
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