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Online Gazetteers

 * FamilySearch Places
 * World Gazetteers at Archive.org
 * Biggest Cities In Ivory Coast (Cote D'Ivoire) at WorldAtlas
 * Cities in Ivory Coast at Wikipedia
 * Côte D’Ivoire Cities Database at SimpleMaps
 * Côte d'Ivoire Factbook at CIA The World Factbook
 * Demographics of Ivory Coast at Wikipedia
 * Directory of Cities, Towns, and Regions in Cote D'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) at FallingRain
 * Facts and figures about Ivory Coast at Places in the world
 * Gazetteer - Index of places Ivory Coast at Places in the world
 * Highest Mountains In Ivory Coast at WorldAtlas
 * Ivory Coast - 10 Largest Cities at GeoNames
 * Ivory Coast (Côte d'Ivoire): Districts, Regions, Departments, Sub-Prefectures at City Population
 * Ivory Coast: official standard names approved by the U.S. Board on Geographic Names United States. Board on Geographic Names, FamilySearch International, 1965
 * List of Ivory Coast Locations at GeoNames
 * Maps Of Cote D'Ivoire at WorldAtlas
 * Outline of Ivory Coast at Wikipedia
 * Religion in Ivory Coast at Wikipedia
 * Religious Beliefs In Ivory Coast at WorldAtlas
 * Rivers of Ivory Coast at Wikipedia
 * Universities in Ivory Coast at Wikipedia

Print Only Gazetteers

 * Area handbook for Ivory Coast T.D. Roberts, FamilySearch International, 1973

Why Use Gazetteers
A gazetteer is a dictionary of place-names. Gazetteers list or describe towns and villages, parishes, states, populations, rivers and mountains, and other geographical features. They usually include only the names of places that existed at the time the gazetteer was published. Within a specific geographical area, the place-names are listed in alphabetical order, similar to a dictionary. You can use a gazetteer to locate the places where your family lived and to determine the civil and religious jurisdictions over those places.

There are many places within a country with similar or identical place-names. You will need to use a gazetteer to identify the specific town where your ancestor lived, the state the town was or is in, and the jurisdictions where records about the person was kept.

Gazetteer Contents
Gazetteers may also provide additional information about towns, such as:
 * Different religious denominations
 * Schools, colleges, and universities
 * Major manufacturers, canals, docks, and railroad stations
 * The population size.
 * Boundaries of civil jurisdiction.
 * Ecclesiastical jurisdiction(s)
 * Longitude and latitude.
 * Distances and direction from other from cities.
 * Schools, colleges, and universities.
 * Denominations and number of churches.
 * Historical and biographical information on some individuals (usually high-ranking or famous individuals)