or KHIAMA, the capital of one of the four petty states or sultanries of Borgoo, a kingdom in the interior of Africa. It consists of a vast collection of thatched huts, built, as well as the town wall, of clay, and irregularly scattered over a considerable surface of ground. It is one of the towns through which the Houssa and Borou caravan passes in its way to Gouja, upon the borders of Ashantee. It has also a direct trade with Dahomey, Youri, Nyfei, and Youriba. The inhabitants, for the most part Pagans, may amount to 30,000 in number. They are governed by a king or sultan, whose domination is despotic. Kiama is situated in long. 5. 22. 56. E. and lat. 9. 37. 33. N.