Labé Region Explained

Labé
Settlement Type:	Region
Subdivision Type:	Country
Subdivision Name:	Guinea
Seat Type:	Capital
Seat:	Labé
Leader Title:	Governor
Leader Name:	Robert Soumah^[1]
Unit Pref:	Metric
Area Total Km2:	22869
Population Total:	1081445
Population As Of:	2014 census
Population Density Km2:	auto
Blank Name Sec2:	HDI (2017)
Blank Info Sec2:	0.384^[2] · 6th of 8

Labé Region (Pular:) is a region of Guinea located in the north-central part of the country. It is bordered by the countries of Senegal and Mali and the Guinean regions of Faranah, Kindia, Mamou, and Boké.

Administrative divisions

Labé Region is divided into five prefectures; which are further sub-divided into 53 sub-prefectures:

• Koubia Prefecture (6 sub-prefectures)
• Labé Prefecture (13 sub-prefectures)
• Lélouma Prefecture (11 sub-prefectures)
• Mali Prefecture (13 sub-prefectures)
• Tougué Prefecture (10 sub-prefectures)

Geography

Labé Region is traversed by the northwesterly line of equal latitude and longitude.

References

1. News: Administration du territoire : voici la liste des Gouverneurs des 8 régions de la Guinée. guineematin.com. 13 October 2021. 4 November 2021. fr.
2. Web site: Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab. hdi.globaldatalab.org. en. 2018-09-13.