La Poste is the company responsible for postal service in Côte d'Ivoire. Côte d'Ivoire is a member of the

West African Postal Conference The West African Postal Conference, or Conference des Posts de L'Afrique de L'Ouest, was formed in 2001 as a forum for postal services in West African countries. The members are: *Benin *Burkina Faso *Ghana * Côte d'Ivoire *Mali *Niger *Nigeria ...

. The postal service is a Crown corporation that delivers mail (letters, maps, documents) and goods (packages and parcels), along with transferring money. It has 197 offices throughout the territory, 56 distribution centers in rural areas, two postal sorting centers, two centers of parcels, and a philatelic center. The postal service has existed in Côte d'Ivoire since the nineteenth century. The postal service is the traditional means of communication in this country, but alternative methods of communication and transportation provided by private companies have developed rapidly in recent years.

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Communications in Ivory Coast Companies of Ivory Coast Côte d'Ivoire {{IvoryCoast-stub