Gaoual
Sign in to saveGaoual (Fula: gaawol) is a town located in northwestern Guinea, near the border of Guinea-Bissau. It is the capital of Gaoual Prefecture. As of 2014 it had a population of 20,582 people.
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Place details
- Locality
- Gaoual
- Region
- Boké
- Country
- Guinée
- Population
- 7,461
- Timezone
- Africa/Conakry
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Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Gaoual
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Sub-prefecture and town
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Guinea
- Settlement.pushpin_mapsize
- 300
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- bottom
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Guinea
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Region
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Boké Region
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Prefecture
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Gaoual Prefecture
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2014 census
- Settlement.population_total
- 20582
- Settlement.population_density_km2
- auto
- Settlement.population_blank1_title
- Ethnicities
- Settlement.population_blank2_title
- Religions
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Encyclopedic overview
3 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- People from Gaoual
- References
Gaoual (Fula: gaawol) is a town located in northwestern Guinea, near the border of Guinea-Bissau. It is the capital of Gaoual Prefecture. As of 2014 it had a population of 20,582 people.
==Etymology== The name "Gaoual" comes from the Fula word "gaawol", meaning ditch.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Gaoual” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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