Mambia Explained

Mambia
Settlement Type:Sub-prefecture and town
Pushpin Map:Guinea
Pushpin Label Position:above
Pushpin Mapsize:300
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Guinea
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Guinea
Subdivision Type1:Region
Subdivision Name1:Kindia Region
Subdivision Type2:Prefecture
Subdivision Name2:Kindia Prefecture
Unit Pref:Imperial
Population Blank1 Title:Ethnicities
Utc Offset:+0
Coordinates:9.8281°N -13.1178°W

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]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Subprefectures of Guinea. Statoids. April 19, 2009.
  2. Web site: Mambia (Sub-Prefecture, Guinea) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location. www.citypopulation.de. 2020-04-07.
  3. http://www.africaguinee.com/index.php?monAction=detailNews&miniAction=imprime&id=2504 Kindia:la police réprime une manifestation, 2 morts, 12 blessés
  4. http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?ReportID=78653 GUINEA: Winners and losers in Guinea’s bauxite industry