Official Name: | Kouya Sidia |
Pushpin Map: | Guinea |
Mapsize: | 200px |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Population As Of: | 2020 |
Population Total: | 1200 |
Coordinates: | 9.795°N -10.083°W |
Kouya Sidia is a village in the Faranah region of Guinea. It has a population of 1200.
The village is led by Mamady Conde who replaced his elder brother Yonay in 2014 as the Sotikemo (Chief). The town has a three-room school which serves this village and Simbun and Duoko. The population is about 1,200 people, who live in buildings made from air-dried bricks. The hospital is constructed from concrete.[1]
From 2014 to 2018 the village had three new wells installed and a new school.[2] In 2019, a benefit concert was held at an arts centre in Cumberland, Maine to help fund the addition of a library to his home village.[3]