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___MASK38___ ( or ), officially the Republic of ___MASK38___ , is a landlocked country in Western Africa , named after the ___MASK38___ River . ___MASK38___ is bordered by ___MASK93___ to the northeast , Chad to the east , Nigeria and Benin to the south , ___MASK5___ and Mali to the west , and Algeria to the northwest . ___MASK38___ covers a land area of almost 1 , 270 , 000 km , making it the largest country in West Africa , with over 80 percent of its land area covered by the Sahara Desert . The country ' s predominantly Islamic population of about 19 million is mostly clustered in the far south and west of the country . The capital city is Niamey , located in the far - southwest corner of ___MASK38___ . Société Omnisports de l ' Armée ( S . O . A .) is an Ivorian football club based in Yamoussoukro . The club is a member of the Fédération Ivoirienne de Football Premiere Division . They play at Stade de Yamoussoukro . The Federal Republic of ___MASK29___ , commonly referred to as ___MASK29___ , is a federal republic in West Africa , bordering Benin in the west , Chad and ___MASK31___ in the east , and Niger in the north . Its coast in the south lies on the Gulf of Guinea in the Atlantic Ocean . It comprises 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory , where the capital , Abuja is located . Its largest cities include : Lagos , Kano , Ibadan , Benin City and Port Harcourt . ___MASK29___ is officially a democratic secular country . Yamoussoukro is the political capital and administrative capital city of ___MASK61___ and an autonomous district of the country . As of the 2014 preliminary census , the district had a population of 355 , 573 inhabitants . Located north - west of Abidjan , the administrative centre on the coast , upon rolling hills and plains , the municipality covers . Jean - Etienne Antoine N ' Gossan ( born 30 November 1990 in Abidjan ) is an Ivorian footballer who is currently playing for Société Omnisports de l ' Armée . West Africa , also called Western Africa and the West of Africa , is the westernmost subregion of Africa . West Africa has been defined as including 18 countries : ___MASK77___ , ___MASK5___ , the island nation of Cape Verde , Gambia , Ghana , Guinea , Guinea - Bissau , ___MASK61___ , ___MASK59___ , ___MASK51___ , Mauritania , Niger , Nigeria , the island of Saint Helena , Senegal , Sierra Leone , São Tomé and Príncipe and Togo . ___MASK61___ or Côte d ' Ivoire , officially named the Republic of Côte d ' Ivoire , is a country located in West Africa . ___MASK61___ ' s political capital is Yamoussoukro , and its economic capital and largest city is the port city of Abidjan . Its bordering countries are Guinea and Liberia in the west , Burkina Faso and Mali in the north , and Ghana in the east . The Gulf of Guinea ( Atlantic Ocean ) is located south of ___MASK61___ . Abidjan is the economic capital of ___MASK61___ and the most populous French - speaking city in West Africa . According to the 2014 ___MASK61___ census , Abidjan ' s population was 4 . 7 million , which is 20 percent of the overall population of the country . Within West Africa , only Lagos , the former capital of Nigeria , surpasses Abidjan in population . Considered the cultural crossroads of West Africa , Abidjan is characterised by a high level of industrialisation and urbanisation .