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Ivory Coast
Index
Land tenure systems differed among the various ethnic
groups;
nevertheless, most systems were based on the concept of
communal
ownership of land. At the same time, individual families
were
granted rights to cultivate a specific area (which
included fallow
areas), and these rights included some form of inheritance
within
the family. Unused lands reverted to the community. In
1902 the
French introduced the concept that individuals or
corporations
could hold legal title to land with exclusive rights; this
law,
however, had little impact in the rural areas. After
independence,
Ivoirian law on landownership provided for surveys and
registration
of land, which then became the irrevocable property of the
owner
and his or her successors.
Data as of November 1988
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