Mamou | |
Settlement Type: | Sub-prefecture and town |
Pushpin Map: | Guinea |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 300 |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Guinea |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | ![]() |
Subdivision Type1: | Region |
Subdivision Name1: | Mamou Region |
Subdivision Type2: | Prefecture |
Subdivision Name2: | Mamou Prefecture |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Leader Name: | Elhadj Amadou Tidjane Diallo |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Population As Of: | 2018 |
Population Total: | 376,269 |
Population Blank2 Title: | Religions |
Population Blank2: | Islam |
Coordinates: | 10.3833°N -17°W |
Mamou (Pular:) is a city and sub-prefecture in a valley of the Fouta Djallon area of Guinea. The population is 376,269 (2018 est). [1]
It grew around the railway line from Conakry to Kankan and soon became the local administrative headquarters. Its main industry used to be until the 1990s decade meat processing, while it also acts as an important transport hub. All vehicles going to the Fouta Jallon, the forest region or Haute Guinée have to travel through Mamou.
Mamou has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen climate classification Aw).