| Santou | |
| Settlement Type: | Sub-prefecture and town |
| Pushpin Map: | Guinea |
| Pushpin Label Position: | above |
| Pushpin Mapsize: | 250 |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Guinea |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: |  Guinea |
| Subdivision Type1: | Region |
| Subdivision Name1: | Kindia Region |
| Subdivision Type2: | Prefecture |
| Subdivision Name2: | Télimélé Prefecture |
| Unit Pref: | Imperial |
| Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
| Utc Offset: | +0 |
| Coordinates: | 11.1333°N -18°W |
Santou (locally, Santu) is a town and sub-prefecture in the Télimélé Prefecture in the Kindia Region of western-central Guinea.[1]
A standard gauge railway is under construction to connect these mines with the new port of Dapilon.[2]