evidence: The Ivory Coast or Côte d'Ivoire is a country in West Africa covering an area of 322,463 sq. km. [...] Ivory Coast is located in West Africa in the Western and Northern Hemispheres of the Earth. It is bordered by five countries. These are Guinea and Mali to the northwest, Liberia to the west, Burkina Faso to the northeast, and Ghana to the east. It has a coastline on the Gulf of Guinea to the south.