Bok
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Boké is the capital city of Boké Prefecture within the Boké Region of Lower Guinea near the border with Guinea-Bissau. It is also a sub-prefecture of Guinea. Located along the Rio Nuñez which flows to its not-too-distant mouth on the Atlantic Ocean, Boké is a port. It is known for the Boké Museum, formerly a slave fort. The town is served by Boké Baralande Airport. As of 2014 the city and surrounding sub-prefecture had a population of 61,449 people.
Bok or BOK may refer to: ==People== Bok (surname) Johannes Bok de Korver (1883–1957), Dutch footballer Bok van Blerk (born Louis Andreas Pepler, 19781), South African musician ==Arts, entertainment, and media== Bok, the title of the Vahnatai leaders in the Avernum video games Bok, an animated gargoyle from the Doctor Who serial The Dæmons ==Businesses== Bank of Kaohsiung, a commercial bank in Taiwan Bank of Khartoum, a commercial bank in Sudan Bank of Khyber, a provincial government-owned bank in Peshawar, Pakistan Bank of Korea, the South Korean central bank BOK Financial Corporation, headquartered in Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States ==Science and technology== BOK (gene), full name BCL2-related ovarian killer Bok globule, dark clouds of dense cosmic dust Bok Prize, awarded by the Astronomical Society of Australia Bok Telescope, Arizona, United States
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