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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. BouakéCity (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. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| By December 2004, the programme had expanded to satellite; today, it reaches numerous outlying towns, even the rebel-held cities of Korhogo, Bouake and Man in the north. I was told that one talented young artist in a Lagoon village had joined a Baule workshop in Bouake in order to apprentice with professional sculptors, while another (from the same village and the same age grade) had enrolled in an art institute in Abidjan in order to learn to paint. The impact of rice fields on the transmission of malaria in Bouake, Cote d'lvoire. |
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