Key facts
- Country
- Guinea
- Capital
- Kankan
- Governor
- Aboubacar Diakité
- Total
- 72,145 km (27,855 sq mi)
- Density
- 27.339/km (70.807/sq mi)
- Hdi 2017
- 0.344 , low · 8th of 8
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- region of Guinea
- Country
- Guinea
- Located in
- Guinea
- Contains
- Siguiri Prefecture
- Capital
- Kankan
- Population
- 1467000
- Area
- 72145.0
- Time zone
- Greenwich Mean Time
- Shares border with
- Faranah Region
- Legal form
- area
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- topic's main category
- Category:Kankan Region
- native label
- Kankan
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Encyclopedic overview
10°30′N 9°15′W / 10.500°N 9.250°W / 10.500; -9.250
Kankan Region (N'Ko: ߞߊ߲ߞߊ߲߫ ߕߌ߲߬ߞߎߘߎ߲) is a region of Guinea located in the east of the country. It is the largest region of Guinea by area. The region has five prefectures (Kankan, Kérouané, Kouroussa, Mandiana and Siguiri).
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Kankan Region” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.