Mambia

Mambia
Sub-prefecture and town
Mambia
Location in Guinea
Coordinates: 9°49′41″N 13°7′4″W / 9.82806°N 13.11778°W / 9.82806; -13.11778Coordinates: 9°49′41″N 13°7′4″W / 9.82806°N 13.11778°W / 9.82806; -13.11778
Country  Guinea
Region Kindia Region
Prefecture Kindia Prefecture
Time zone UTC+0 (GMT)

Mambia is a town and sub-prefecture in the Kindia Prefecture in the Kindia Region of western Guinea.[1]

Around 130km west of the capital Conakry, the town Mambia is the chief-place of the sub-prefecture,[2] and home to a major bauxite mining operation, the Compagnie Bauxite de Kindia (CBK).[3]

References

  1. "Subprefectures of Guinea". Statoids. Retrieved April 19, 2009.
  2. Kindia:la police réprime une manifestation, 2 morts, 12 blessés, AFP, 09-Oct-2008
  3. GUINEA: Winners and losers in Guinea’s bauxite industry, IRIN, 9 June 2008.


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