Kankan (Mandingo: Kánkàn; N’ko: ߞߊ߲ߞߊ߲߫) is the largest city in Guinea in land area, and the third largest in population, with a population of 198,013 people as of 2020.[3] The city is located in eastern Guinea about 555 kilometres (345 miles) east of the national capital Conakry.
The city is the capital and largest town of the Kankan Prefecture and of the Kankan Region with its population being largely from the Mande ethnic group.
The Kankan region now has more than 6,167,904 inhabitants (2021) which has made it the most populous region in Guinea. The region has five (5) prefectures (Kankan, Kérouané, Kouroussa, Mandiana and Siguiri), 53 sub-prefectures, 5 urban communes, 53 rural communes, 878 arrondissements, 68 neighborhoods and 1864 sectors.
^"Commune de Kankan : Mory Kolofon Diakité du RPG élu maire !". conakryinfos.com (in French). 2018. Retrieved 5 November 2021.
^"Etat et Structure de la Population Recensement General de la Population et de l'habitation 2020" (PDF). Direction Nationale de la Statistique de Guinée (in French). Retrieved 27 March 2020.
^"Etat et Structure de la Population Recensement General de la Population et de l'habitation 2014" (PDF). Direction Nationale de la Statistique de Guinée (in French). Retrieved 27 March 2020.
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