KOUNDARA

town, northwestern Guinea, on the road from Lab to Senegal and at the intersection of roads from Youkounkoun and Guinea-Bissau. It has replaced Youkounkoun, 15 miles (24 km) northeast, as the chief trading centre for cattle, chickens, rice, peanuts (groundnuts), millet, and cotton. A government hospital serves the town. The surrounding area is mostly savanna, mainly inhabited by Konyagi, Bassari, Badiaranke, and Fulani (Peul) peoples. Pop. (1983 prelim.) 17,941.