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*Throughout the early years of French rule, French military contingents were sent inland to establish new posts.oirians. | *Throughout the early years of French rule, French military contingents were sent inland to establish new posts.oirians. | ||
*At independence (1960), the country was easily French West Africa's most prosperous, contributing over 40% of the region's total exports. When Houphouët-Boigny became the first president, his government gave farmers good prices for their products to further stimulate production, which was further boosted by a '''significant immigration of workers from surrounding countries'''. | *At independence (1960), the country was easily French West Africa's most prosperous, contributing over 40% of the region's total exports. When Houphouët-Boigny became the first president, his government gave farmers good prices for their products to further stimulate production, which was further boosted by a '''significant immigration of workers from surrounding countries'''. | ||
*In other African nations, the people drove out the Europeans following independence, but in Ivory Coast, they poured in. '''The French community grew from only 30,000 prior to independence to 60,000 in 1980''', most of them teachers, managers, and advisors. <ref>"Ivory Coast", in Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivory_Coast, accessed 11 July 2021.</ref> | *In other African nations, the people drove out the Europeans following independence, but in Ivory Coast, they poured in. '''The French community grew from only 30,000 prior to independence to 60,000 in 1980''', most of them teachers, managers, and advisors. About 20% of the population (about 3.4 million) consists of workers from neighboring '''Liberia, Burkina Faso, and Guinea'''. | ||
*Immigrant ethnic groups in 2004 included 100,000 '''Lebanese''' and 45,000 '''French'''. | |||
*Today, About 4% of the population is of non-African ancestry. Many are '''French, Lebanese, Vietnamese and Spanish''' citizens, as well as evangelical missionaries from the '''United States and Canada'''. Aside from French nationals, '''native-born descendants of French settlers''' who arrived during the country's colonial period are present.<ref>"Ivory Coast", in Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivory_Coast, accessed 11 July 2021.</ref> | |||
==Emigration From Ivory Coast== | ==Emigration From Ivory Coast== | ||