ion ▁in ▁Bright on , ▁England , ▁designed ▁by ▁Henry ▁Holland ▁Marine ▁Pav il ion ▁( Que ens ), ▁the ▁ 1 9 th ▁century ▁hotel <0x0A> </s> ▁I v ory ▁Coast , ▁also ▁The ▁I v ory ▁Coast ▁and ▁formally ▁C ô te ▁d ' I vo ire , ▁officially ▁the ▁Republic ▁of ▁C ô te ▁d ' I vo ire , ▁is ▁a ▁country ▁located ▁on ▁the ▁south ▁coast ▁of ▁West ▁Africa . ▁I v ory ▁Coast ' s ▁political ▁capital ▁is ▁Yam ouss ou k ro ▁in ▁the ▁centre ▁of ▁the ▁country , ▁while ▁its ▁economic ▁capital ▁and ▁largest ▁city ▁is ▁the ▁port ▁city ▁of ▁Ab id jan . ▁It ▁borders ▁Guinea ▁to ▁the ▁north west , ▁Liber ia ▁to ▁the ▁west , ▁M ali ▁to ▁the ▁north west , ▁Bur k ina ▁F aso ▁to ▁the ▁n ortheast , ▁Gh ana ▁to ▁the ▁east , ▁and ▁the ▁G ulf ▁of ▁Guinea ▁( At l antic ▁Ocean ) ▁to ▁the ▁south . ▁The ▁official ▁language ▁of ▁the ▁republic ▁is ▁French , ▁with ▁local ▁ind igen ous ▁languages ▁also ▁being ▁widely ▁used ▁that ▁include ▁Ba oul é , ▁Di ou la , ▁Dan , ▁Any in , ▁and ▁C eb a ara ▁Sen uf o . ▁In ▁total , ▁there ▁are ▁around ▁ 7 8 ▁different ▁languages ▁spoken ▁in ▁I v ory ▁Coast . ▁The ▁country ▁has ▁large ▁populations ▁of ▁Muslim s , ▁Christians ▁( prim arily ▁Roman ▁C athol ics ) ▁and ▁various ▁ind igen ous ▁relig ions . ▁