DIMBOKRO

town, south-central Cte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast). It lies along the Nzi River, which is a tributary of the Bandama River. A local trade centre (yams, bananas, and palm oil and kernels) among the Baule (Baoule) people, it has been a major entrept for cocoa, coffee, yams, kola nuts, and kapok since the completion of the central railway from Abidjan, 103 miles (166 km) south-southeast, in 1910. A textile factory was established in the town in the 1970s. Pop. (1975) 30,986; (1988) 38,183.