CI — Côte d'Ivoire

Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) is West Africa's largest economy and a major global cocoa producer, supplying over 40% of the world's cocoa. Yamoussoukro is the official political capital, home to the Basilica of Our Lady of Peace (the largest church in the world), while Abidjan is the economic capital and largest city. The country uses the West African CFA franc (XOF). For developers, the CI country code and the .ci domain handle Ivorian digital presence. A common challenge is handling the name correctly — the country officially requests to be called 'Côte d'Ivoire' rather than 'Ivory Coast,' requiring proper Unicode support for the accented ô and the apostrophe. The fr-CI locale handles French as used in Côte d'Ivoire. The +225 dialing code was restructured in 2021 with digit changes, an important consideration for phone number validation libraries. Mobile money is widely used, making payment system localization essential.