DANAN

town, western Cte d'Ivoire. It lies along the Boan River, a tributary of the Nuon (Nipou, Cestos) River, and at the intersection of roads from Liberia, Guinea, and the Ivoirian town of Man. It is the chief trade centre (rice, coffee, and kola nuts) of a forested region mainly inhabited by the Dan people. Pop. (1975) town, 19,608.