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Mambia — Sub-prefecture and town — Location in Guinea
MambiaCoordinates: 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 
GuineaRegion 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. http://www.statoids.com/ygn.html. 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 Kindia-Centre • Bangouyah • Damankanyah • Friguiagbé • Kolenté • Madina-Oula • Mambia • Molota • Samayah • Souguéta
Categories:- Guinea geography stubs
- Populated places in the Kindia Region
- Sub-prefectures of Guinea
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