Bouaflé

Town, central Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast). Bouaflé lies on the north bank of the Bandama Rouge River. It is the chief trade centre (coffee, yams, cassava, and plantains) of a transitional zone of dense forest and savanna, which is mainly inhabited by the agricultural Guro (Gouro) and Gagu (Gagou) peoples. Pop. (1988) 34,562.