Womey Explained

Womey
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:Nzérékoré Region
Subdivision Type2:Prefecture
Subdivision Name2:Nzérékoré Prefecture
Unit Pref:Imperial
Population Blank1 Title:Ethnicities
Timezone:GMT
Utc Offset:+0
Coordinates:8.078°N -8.782°W

Womey (or Womé or Ouomé) is a town and sub-prefecture in the Nzérékoré Prefecture in the Nzérékoré Region of Guinea.[1]

The sub-prefecture is 494 km2 in area and has a population of 13,196 (2014 census).[2]

Incident on 16 September 2014

See main article: Womey Massacre. On 16 September 2014, a local Guinean government team arrived in Womey to educate the population about ebola. They were set upon by local people, and later the bodies of eight of them were found in a public latrine pit.[3] [4] [5]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Subprefectures of Guinea. Statoids. 9 March 2009.
  2. Web site: "Womey (Sub-Prefecture)," CityPopulation.de. 24 November 2014.
  3. Web site: "Violences à Womey : huit corps exhumés, six interpellations et une déclaration du PM attendue," Guineenews.org, 18 September 2014 (accessed 19 September 2014). Guinéenews. 24 November 2014. 15 April 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170415011414/http://guineenews.org/violences-a-womey-huit-corps-exhumes-six-interpellations-et-une-declaration-du-pm-attendue/. dead.
  4. Web site: "Ebola/Guinée : sept personnes disparues en mission de sensibilisation retrouvées mortes (gouvernement)," ReliefWeb, 18 September 2014 (accessed 19 September 2014). ReliefWeb. 24 November 2014.
  5. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/to-your-health/wp/2014/09/18/missing-health-workers-in-guinea-were-educating-villagers-about-ebola-when-they-were-attacked/ "Eight dead in attack on Ebola team in Guinea. ‘Killed in cold blood.’"