Mambia

Mambia
Sub-prefecture and town
Mambia

Location in Guinea

Coordinates: 9°49′41″N 13°7′4″W / 9.82806°N 13.11778°WCoordinates: 9°49′41″N 13°7′4″W / 9.82806°N 13.11778°W
Country  Guinea
Region Kindia Region
Prefecture Kindia Prefecture
Time zone GMT (UTC+0)

Mambia is a town and sub-prefecture in the Kindia Prefecture in the Kindia Region of western Guinea.[1]

Around 130km west of the capital Conakry, the town Mambia is the chief-place of the sub-prefecture,[2] and home to a major bauxite mining operation, the Compagnie Bauxite de Kindia (CBK).[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Subprefectures of Guinea". Statoids. Retrieved April 19, 2009.
  2. ↑ Kindia:la police réprime une manifestation, 2 morts, 12 blessés, AFP, 09-Oct-2008
  3. ↑ GUINEA: Winners and losers in Guinea’s bauxite industry, IRIN, 9 June 2008.