Worth knowing
Côte d'Ivoire
The Basilica of Our Lady of Peace in Yamoussoukro was finished in 1989. Guinness lists it as the world's largest church: it covers 30,000 square metres and rises 158 metres to the top of its cross.
Where its story happens
Basilica of Our Lady of Peace, Yamoussoukro, at 6.81°N, 5.30°W. It's the place the game marks on the globe once the country is found. See it on a map.
Five things to know about Côte d'Ivoire
In Geodar these are the five clues to this country, and it counts as one of the middling countries. The game asks the hardest clue first. Here the easiest comes first.
- Where it is. It's Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast), on the south coast of West Africa, between Liberia and Ghana. See Côte d'Ivoire on a map.
- Didier Drogba starred for its football team, the Elephants, and its biggest city is Abidjan.
- It grows more cocoa than any other country: the beans behind much of the world's chocolate.
- A basilica listed as the largest church in the world stands here, modelled on St Peter's in Rome.
- In its Taï forest, chimpanzees crack nuts with stone hammers, as they have for over 4,000 years.