Guéckédougou
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Guéckédou or Guékédou is a town in southern Guinea near the Sierra Leone and Liberian borders. It had a population of 79,140 (as of the 1996 census) but has grown in the 21st century due to refugees fleeing the Second Liberian Civil War and the Sierra Leone Civil War. thumb|left|A school in Guéckédou The city is renowned for its large weekly market, which attracts traders from across Southern Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia and Côte d'Ivoire.
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Place details
- Locality
- Guéckédou
- Region
- Nzérékoré
- Country
- Guinée
- Population
- 79,140
- Timezone
- Africa/Conakry
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Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Guéckédou
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Sub-prefecture and town
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Guéckédou hospital.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Guéckédou hospital
- 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
- Nzérékoré Region
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Prefecture
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Guéckédou Prefecture
- Settlement.unit_pref
- Imperial
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2008
- Settlement.population_total
- 221,715
- Settlement.population_blank1_title
- Ethnicities
- Settlement.population_blank2_title
- Religions
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- Guéckédou
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Hospitals
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Guéckédou or Guékédou is a town in southern Guinea near the Sierra Leone and Liberian borders. It had a population of 79,140 (as of the 1996 census) but has grown in the 21st century due to refugees fleeing the Second Liberian Civil War and the Sierra Leone Civil War. thumb|left|A school in Guéckédou The city is renowned for its large weekly market, which attracts traders from across Southern Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia and Côte d'Ivoire.
On February 12, 2007, the town's police station was ransacked amidst the resumption of protests and strikes against President Lansana Conté.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Guéckédougou” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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