Mambia | |
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Sub-prefecture and town | |
Mambia Location in Guinea | |
Coordinates: 9°49′41″N 13°7′4″W / 9.82806°N 13.11778°W | |
Country | Guinea |
Region | Kindia Region |
Prefecture | Kindia Prefecture |
Time zone | UTC+0 (GMT) |
Mambia is a town and sub-prefecture in the Kindia Prefecture in the Kindia Region of western Guinea.[1] It has an area of 808 km2. As of 2014 its population is 26,500. 49% of the population is male while 51% is female.[2]
Around 130 km west of the capital Conakry, the town Mambia is the chief-place of the sub-prefecture,[3] and home to a major bauxite mining operation, the Compagnie Bauxite de Kindia (CBK).[4]