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Ivory ___MASK42___ or Côte d ' Ivoire , officially named the ___MASK96___ of Côte d ' Ivoire , is a country located in West Africa . Ivory ___MASK42___ ' s political ___MASK95___ is Yamoussoukro , and its economic ___MASK95___ 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 Ivory ___MASK42___ . A ___MASK39___ is a part of a larger region or ___MASK25___ and is usually based on location . Cardinal directions , such as south or southern , are commonly used to define a ___MASK39___ . ___MASK98___ Three Points is a small peninsula in the Western ___MASK83___ on the Atlantic Ocean . Yamoussoukro is the political ___MASK95___ and administrative ___MASK95___ city of Ivory Coast 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 . Sekondi - Takoradi , a ___MASK44___ comprising the ___MASK68___ cities of Sekondi and Takoradi , is the ___MASK95___ of Sekondi  Takoradi Metropolitan District and the Western ___MASK83___ . Sekondi - Takoradi is the region ' s largest ___MASK44___ and an industrial and commercial centre , with a population of 445 , 205 people ( 2012 ). A coastline or a seashore is the ___MASK74___ where land meets the ___MASK28___ or ocean , or a line that forms the boundary between the land and the ocean or a lake . A precise line that can be called a coastline cannot be determined due to the Coastline paradox . Burkina Faso is a ___MASK8___ in Africa around in ___MASK86___ . It is surrounded by ___MASK7___ countries : Mali to the north ; Niger to the east ; Benin to the southeast ; Togo and Ghana to the south ; and Ivory Coast to the southwest . Its ___MASK95___ is Ouagadougou . In 2014 its population was estimated at just over 17 . 3 million . Burkina Faso is a francophone country and French is an official language of ___MASK75___ and business . Formerly called the Republic of Upper Volta , the country was renamed " Burkina Faso " on 4 August 1984 by then - President Thomas Sankara . Residents of Burkina Faso are known as " Burkinabé ". Liberia , officially the ___MASK96___ of Liberia , is a country on the West African coast . Liberia means " Land of the Free " in Latin . It is bordered by Sierra Leone to its west , Guinea to its north and Ivory Coast to its east . It covers an area of and has a population of 4 , 503 , 000 people . English is the official language and over 20 indigenous languages are spoken , representing the numerous tribes who make up more than 95 % of the population . The country ' s ___MASK95___ and largest city is Monrovia . West Africa , also called Western Africa and the West of Africa , is the westernmost ___MASK39___ of Africa . West Africa has been defined as including 18 countries : Benin , Burkina Faso , the island nation of Cape Verde , Gambia , Ghana , Guinea , Guinea - Bissau , Ivory Coast , Liberia , Mali , Mauritania , Niger , Nigeria , the island of Saint Helena , Senegal , Sierra Leone , São Tomé and Príncipe and Togo . Axim is a coastal ___MASK71___ and the ___MASK95___ of Nzema East Municipal ___MASK26___ , a ___MASK26___ in Western Region of South Ghana . Axim lies 64 kilometers west of the port city of Sekondi - Takoradi in Western Region to the west of Cape Three Points . Axim has a 2013 settlement population of 27 , 719 people . The ___MASK92___ of Guinea is the northeasternmost ___MASK38___ of the tropical Atlantic Ocean between Cape Lopez in Gabon , north and west to Cape Three Points in Western region Ghana . The intersection of the Equator and Prime ___MASK55___ ( zero degrees latitude and longitude ) is in the gulf . Mali , officially the ___MASK96___ of Mali , is a landlocked country in Africa . Mali is the eighth - largest country in Africa , with an area of just over . The population of Mali is 14 . 5 million . Its ___MASK95___ is Bamako . Mali consists of ___MASK46___ regions and its borders on the north reach deep into the middle of the Sahara Desert , while the country ' s southern part , where the majority of inhabitants live , features the Niger and Senegal rivers . The country ' s economy centers on agriculture and fishing . Some of Mali ' s prominent natural resources include gold , being the third largest producer of gold in the African ___MASK25___ , and salt . About half the population lives below the international poverty line of $ 1 . 25 ( U . S .) a day . A majority of the population ( 90 %) are Muslims . Ghana , officially the ___MASK96___ of Ghana is a unitary presidential constitutional democracy , located along the Gulf of Guinea and Atlantic Ocean , in the ___MASK39___ of West Africa . Spanning a land mass of 238 , 535 km² , Ghana is bordered by the Ivory Coast in the west , Burkina Faso in the north , Togo in the east and the Gulf of Guinea and Atlantic Ocean in the south . " Ghana " means " Warrior King " in the Soninke language . Togo , officially the Togolese ___MASK96___ , is a country in West Africa bordered by Ghana to the west , Benin to the east and Burkina Faso to the north . It extends south to the Gulf of Guinea , where its ___MASK95___ Lomé is located . Togo covers , making it one of the smallest countries in Africa , with a population of approximately 7 . 5 million . The Soninke ___MASK60___ ( Soninke : " Sooninkanxanne ") is a Mande ___MASK60___ spoken by the Soninke ___MASK53___ of West Africa . The ___MASK60___ has an estimated ___MASK52___ , 096 , 795 speakers , primarily located in Mali , and also ( in order of numerical importance of the communities ) in Senegal , Ivory Coast , The Gambia , Mauritania , Guinea - Bissau , Guinea and Ghana . It enjoys the status of a national ___MASK60___ in Mali , Senegal , and Mauritania . Abidjan is the economic ___MASK95___ of Ivory Coast and the most populous French - speaking city in West Africa . According to the 2014 Ivory Coast 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 ___MASK95___ of Nigeria , surpasses Abidjan in population . Considered the cultural crossroads of West Africa , Abidjan is characterised by a high level of industrialisation and urbanisation . The Western ___MASK35___ is located in south Ghana , spreads from the Ivory ___MASK42___ border in the west to the Central region in the east , includes the ___MASK95___ and large twin city of Sekondi - Takoradi on the coast , coastal Axim , and a hilly inland area including Elubo . It includes Ghana ' s southernmost location , Cape Three Points , where crude oil was discovered in commercial quantities in June 2007 . The Western ___MASK35___ enjoys a long coastline that stretches from South Ghana ' s border with Ivory ___MASK42___ to the Western region ' s boundary with the Central ___MASK35___ on the east . The Western ___MASK35___ has the highest rainfall in Ghana , lush green hills , and fertile soils . There are numerous small and large - scale gold mines along with offshore oil platforms dominate the Western ___MASK35___ economy . The culture is dominated by the Akans ; the main languages are Akan and English . The Atlantic ___MASK27___ is the second largest of the world ' s oceans with a total area of about . It covers approximately 20 percent of the Earth ' s ___MASK4___ and about 29 percent of its ___MASK57___ ___MASK4___ area . It separates the " Old World " from the " New World ". Guinea , officially the ___MASK96___ of Guinea , is a country on the West coast of Africa . Formerly known as French Guinea , the modern country is sometimes referred to as Guinea - Conakry in order to distinguish it from other parts of the wider region of the same name , such as Guinea - Bissau and Equatorial Guinea . Guinea has a population of 10 . 5 million and an area of .