BOUNDIALI

town, northwestern Cte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast), at the intersection of roads from Abidjan (the national capital), Mali, and Guinea. An agricultural trade centre for livestock, maize , manioc, and yams among the Senufo (Senoufo) people, it is also the site of a cotton-ginning factory. Boundiali's Senufo wood-carvers, practitioners of a traditional art utilized by the Poro secret society, also create artifacts for the tourist market in Abidjan. Pop. (1988) town, 21,829. (1975) dpartement, 114,241.