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]
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]