AGBOVILLE

town, southeastern Cte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast). It lies along the Abidjan-Ouagadougou railway and the Agnby River. The chief trading centre for an agricultural region inhabited mainly by the Abe (Abbe) people, it ships coffee, bananas, cocoa, and timber (mahogany, sipo) by rail and road to Abidjan, 45 miles (72 km) south-southeast, for export. At the handicraft centre in Agboville, Chinese instructors have taught Ivoirean apprentices to make furniture from rattan, bamboo, and other tropical forest growths. Agboville has a government hospital (1963). Pop. (1988) 46,355.