Mambia

Mambia
Mambia is located in Guinea
Mambia
Mambia
Location in Guinea
Coordinates: 9°49′41″N 13°7′4″W / 9.82806°N 13.11778°W / 9.82806; -13.11778
Country Guinea
RegionKindia Region
PrefectureKindia Prefecture
Time zoneUTC+0 (GMT)

Mambia is a town and sub-prefecture in the Kindia Prefecture in the Kindia Region of western Guinea.[1] It has an area of 808 km2. As of 2014 its population is 26,500. 49% of the population is male while 51% is female.[2]

Around 130 km west of the capital Conakry, the town Mambia is the chief-place of the sub-prefecture,[3] and home to a major bauxite mining operation, the Compagnie Bauxite de Kindia (CBK).[4]

References

  1. ^ "Subprefectures of Guinea". Statoids. Retrieved April 19, 2009.
  2. ^ "Mambia (Sub-Prefecture, Guinea) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location". www.citypopulation.de. Retrieved 2020-04-07.
  3. ^ Kindia:la police réprime une manifestation, 2 morts, 12 blessés, AFP, 09-Oct-2008
  4. ^ GUINEA: Winners and losers in Guinea’s bauxite industry, IRIN, 9 June 2008.


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