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Place details
- Locality
- Labé
- Region
- Labé
- Country
- Guinée
- Population
- 107,571
- Timezone
- Africa/Conakry
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Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Labé
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Ville de Labé.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Labé
- Settlement.pushpin_relief
- 1
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Guinea
- Settlement.pushpin_mapsize
- 300
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Region
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Labé Region
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Prefecture
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Labé Prefecture
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2014 census
- Settlement.population_total
- 200,000
- Settlement.population_density_km2
- auto
- Settlement.timezone
- UTC
- Settlement.utc_offset
- ±0
- Settlement.blank_name_sec1
- Altitude
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- big city
- Country
- Guinea
- Located in
- Labé Region
- Population
- 107695
- Time zone
- UTC±00:00
- Capital of
- Labé Region
- Image
- Groupe scolaire Elhadj Moussa Diallo de Labé.jpg
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- inception
- 1755-00-00
- Commons category
- Labé
- native label
- Labé
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Travel guide
Understand
Labé, home of about 59,000 people, is the regional capital of Moyenne Guinee, also known as Fouta Djallon. As well as being the largest city of its region, it is the second most populated one in the entire country, after Conakry, the national capital.
Labé lies close to the geographic centre of the country.
Get in
Labé lies some 450 km northeast of Conakry. The street from Koundara to Labé is paved, except for a roughly 30km section starting after Komba, which is between Gaoual and Labé. A shared taxi costs 150,000 FG per person and takes 4-5 hours. (2023)
Do
Fouta Trekking offers all inclusive trekking through Fouta Djallon.
Go next
Koundara Dalaba Kindia Mali (in northern Guinea)
Travel guide from Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Article · Deutsch
Labé ist eine Stadt in Guinea. Sie ist Hauptstadt der gleichnamigen Region und Präfektur Labé sowie Zentrum der geografischen Region Fouta Djallon. Unweit der Stadt entspringt der Fluss Gambia, der nach Norden und Westen fließt und in Gambia in den Atlantik mündet. Die Einwohner Labés sind überwiegend Fulbe, Verkehrssprache ist neben dem offiziellen Französisch das Fulfulde. Handwerk (Weberei, Schuhmacherei), Handel und Landwirtschaft (Honig) prägen das Wirtschaftsleben der Stadt und ihrer Umgebung. Labé gilt als islamische Hochburg Guineas.
Abstract from DBpedia / Wikipedia · CC BY-SA
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