BIANKOUMA

town, western Cte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast). It is a trade centre for the rice, cassava, coffee, and cattle produced by the Dan (Yafuba, Yacouba) and Tura (Toura) peoples in the mountainous, savanna plateau region on the eastern edge of the Nimba Range. Biankouma is noted for the calibre of its dancers and its textile weavers. Pop. (1975) 4,533; (1988) 12,952.