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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- region
- Country
- Guinea
- Area
- 81952
- Elevation
- 1515
- Highest point
- Mount Loura
- Image
- Guinea Topography.png
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- Commons category
- Fouta Djalon
- mountain range
- Guinea Highlands
- native label
- فوتا جالون
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Encyclopedic overview
Map of the Guinea Highlands. Fouta Djallon (Fula: Fuuta Jaloo, ࢻُوتَ جَلࣾو, 𞤊𞤵𞥅𞤼𞤢 𞤔𞤢𞤤𞤮𞥅; Arabic: فوتا جالون) is a highland region in the center of Guinea, roughly corresponding with Middle Guinea, in West Africa.
Etymology
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Fouta Djallon” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.