Mamou
Sign in to saveMamou (Pular: 𞤃𞤢𞥄𞤥𞤵𞤲) is a city and sub-prefecture in a valley of the Fouta Djallon area of Guinea. The population is 376,269 (2018 est).
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Mamou
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Sub-prefecture and town
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Mamou market.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Mamou market
- 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
- Mamou Region
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Prefecture
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Mamou Prefecture
- Settlement.leader_title
- Mayor
- Settlement.leader_name
- Elhadj Amadou Tidjane Diallo
- Settlement.unit_pref
- Imperial
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2018
- Settlement.population_total
- 376,269
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Climate
- Schools
- Hospitals
- Religious buildings
- Notable people
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Mamou (Pular: 𞤃𞤢𞥄𞤥𞤵𞤲) is a city and sub-prefecture in a valley of the Fouta Djallon area of Guinea. The population is 376,269 (2018 est).
== History == It grew around the railway line from Conakry to Kankan and soon became the local administrative headquarters. Its main industry used to be until the 1990s decade meat processing, while it also acts as an important transport hub. All vehicles going to the Fouta Jallon, the forest region or Haute Guinée have to travel through Mamou.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Mamou” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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