Mambia

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]

Mambia
Mambia
Location in Guinea
Coordinates: 9°49′41″N 13°7′4″W
Country Guinea
RegionKindia Region
PrefectureKindia Prefecture
Time zoneUTC+0 (GMT)

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]

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