Boké Region

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Coordinates: 11°15′N, 14°15′W

The Boké Region is located in western Guinea. It is bordered by the countries of Senegal and Guinea-Bissau and the Guinean regions of Kindia and Labé.

Prefectures of Boké Region include:

• Boffa Prefecture
• Boké Prefecture
• Fria Prefecture
• Gaoual Prefecture
• Koundara Prefecture

The Boké Region is the home to a great part of Guinea's aluminium (or bauxite) reserves. At least two of the country's largest mining facilities are located there:

• Compagnie des Bauxites de Guinée, or CBG, which is operated by Halco Mining, an international and intercorporate aluminium mining entity.
• Alumina Company of Guinea, or ACG, operating the Friguia bauxite-alumina complex in Fria Prefecture.

[edit] See also

• Aluminium in Africa

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