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Bouaké

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Bouaké or Bwake (bwä`kā, bwäkā`), town (1996 est. pop. 462,300), central Côte d'Ivoire. It is a transportation hub and a commercial center and was once the crossroads for the caravan trade. Tobacco products, building materials, and textiles are produced, and cotton sisal and rice are processed. Gold, mercury, and manganese are found nearby. Following the 2002 rebellion by Ivoirian northerners, Bouaké became the main center for rebel forces.

Bouaké

City (pop., 1995 est.: 330,000), central Côte d'Ivoire. It was established as a French military post in 1899 on the road and railroad line from Abidjan to Burkina Faso (then Upper Volta). Bouaké is among the nation's largest cities and is the commercial and transportation hub of the interior.


Bouaké 

a city in the northern part of the Ivory Coast. Administrative center of the Central district. Population, 85,000 (1965). Bouaké has a railroad station and is a road junction; there is also an international airport. Its textile combine is the country’s largest industrial enterprise. The city also has a tobacco factory. It is the commercial center of an agricultural district whose major crops include coffee, cocoa, tobacco, and cotton. There is a thermal electric power station.



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Recentemente, no Brasil, a performance de crescimento de linhagens de tilápia-do-Nilo, Chitralada, Bouaké e seu híbrido foram avaliada, e confirmou-se o melhor desempenho da Chitralada em relação à Bouaké (Zanoni et al.
2005) analisaram a divergência genética das linhagens Bouaké e Chitralada de tilápia do Nilo e não encontraram diferenças significativas entre distintas gerações (p > 0,01).
2005) também, estudando populações estocadas, encontraram menores valores de índice de Shannon em linhagens de tilápia do Nilo (Oreochromis niloticus), com valores de 0,1040 para a linhagem Bouaké da geração de reprodutores de 1997, 0,068 para a Bouaké de 2002, 0,198 para a Chitralada de 1997 e 0,2140 para a Chitralada de 2002.
 
 
 
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