It must be remembered that the village founded by King Gbouêkê (Gbouêkêkro) was taken by Captain Benoît who destroyed the slave market Kotia Koffikro located five (05) km from Gbouêkêkro. Kouassiblé, successor of Gbouêkê, then driven out of the same village, founded Kouassiblékro further while Gbouèkèkro became by deformation Bouaké. The Baoulé people had very badly taken the destruction of Kotia Koffikro’s slave market and the casual manner in which the French had treated their chiefs and kings. To fight against successive revolts that embrace the Baoulé country, the French sought the alliance of Djimini, Tagouana and especially Bafing Muslim Marabadiassa led by Kalifala Dramé. But nothing could stop the development and prosperity of Bouaké The end of “forced labor” (Houphouët Boigny law of 1946) further stimulates the prosperity of the Region and the city which becomes an active center of the political life of a colony in full change. In 1955, Bouaké was established as a full-service commune and, after independence, became the headquarters of the Center Department (Law No. 69-241 of 9 June 1969). The city today has 612,791 inhabitants in the RGPH of 1998. This population is estimated in 2010 by the National Institute of Statistics (INS) to 876,962 inhabitants. The population of Bouaké is a summary of the stands of Côte d’Ivoire. The Baoulé group, which now accounts for only 25% of the urban population, has added Malinké and Sarakolé (8%), Bambara (7%), Burkinabè (7%), Senoufo (7%) and a multitude of other ethnic groups, some of which are represented by only a few hundred individuals. Most of these immigrants are Islamized, the majority of the urban population of Bouaké is Muslim, the group animist-Christian representing only 25%. The cosmopolitanism of Bouaké is symbolized by the motto that accompanies the arms of the city: “Many peoples, one city”. Finally, the creation of the Kossou dam, completed in 1972 and followed by the gradual birth of a 1,700 km2 lake, also had an impact on the development of the entire Region, subject to a development plan in front of both to allow the expropriated peasants to regain their place and balance, and to the Region to produce more and better. Bouaké, pivot of this Region must be able to constitute a magnet strong enough to stem a rural exodus harmful to the economy of the country.