Côte d'Ivoire

Key facts

Land borders (5)

• Burkina Faso
• Ghana
• Guinea
• Liberia
• Mali

Côte d'Ivoire in the game

Every puzzle gives three claims that exactly one country satisfies. Côte d'Ivoire is moderately well known, so it typically appears as the answer in medium puzzles. These are the 19 claims from the pool that are true of Côte d'Ivoire, rarest first — the fewer countries share a claim, the harder it works for you on the board.

• Its flag contains orange1 of 10
• Its name begins with “C”1 of 17
• Its currency is called the franc1 of 22
• Has French as an official language1 of 27
• Its name has more than one word1 of 32
• Its capital is not its largest city1 of 36
• Its flag contains no red1 of 43
• Its name has 10 letters or more1 of 48
• Is in Africa1 of 54
• Its flag contains green1 of 83
• Has an area larger than 200,000 km²1 of 84
• Borders more than 2 countries1 of 111
• Has exactly one official language1 of 130
• Drives on the right1 of 141
• Has an area smaller than 500,000 km²1 of 144
• Lies entirely in the Northern Hemisphere1 of 147
• Has a coastline1 of 151
• Does not have a monarch as head of state1 of 153
• Lies within a single time zone1 of 177