Mambia
| Mambia | |
|---|---|
| Sub-prefecture and town | |
  Mambia Location in Guinea | |
| Coordinates: 9°49′41″N 13°7′4″W / 9.82806°N 13.11778°WCoordinates: 9°49′41″N 13°7′4″W / 9.82806°N 13.11778°W | |
| Country |
 Guinea |
| Region | Kindia Region |
| Prefecture | Kindia Prefecture |
| Time zone | GMT (UTC+0) |
Mambia is a town and sub-prefecture in the Kindia Prefecture in the Kindia Region of western Guinea.[1]
Around 130km west of the capital Conakry, the town Mambia is the chief-place of the sub-prefecture,[2] and home to a major bauxite mining operation, the Compagnie Bauxite de Kindia (CBK).[3]
References
- ↑ "Subprefectures of Guinea". Statoids. Retrieved April 19, 2009.
- ↑ Kindia:la police réprime une manifestation, 2 morts, 12 blessés, AFP, 09-Oct-2008
- ↑ GUINEA: Winners and losers in Guinea’s bauxite industry, IRIN, 9 June 2008.
Capital: Kindia | ||
| Sub-prefectures |  | |
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