Boké Region

Region of Guinea

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Region in Guinea

Boké

Region

Boké Region in Guinea

Country| Guinea
Regional capital| Boké
Area

• Total

| 31,186 km2 (12,041 sq mi)
Population

(2014 census)

• Total

| 1,559,185
• Density| 50/km2 (130/sq mi)
HDI (2017)| 0.481[1]
low · 2nd of 8

Boké Region (N'Ko: ߓߏ߬ߞߋ߫ ߕߌ߲߬ߞߎߘߎ߲) is located in western Guinea. It is bordered by the countries of Senegal and Guinea-Bissau and the Guinean regions of Kindia and Labé. Its capital is the city of Boké.

## Administrative divisions

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Boké Region is divided into five prefectures; which are further sub-divided into 37 sub-prefectures:

* Boffa Prefecture (8 sub-prefectures)
* Boké Prefecture (10 sub-prefectures)
* Fria Prefecture (4 sub-prefectures)
* Gaoual Prefecture (8 sub-prefectures)
* Koundara Prefecture (7 sub-prefectures)

## Mining reserves

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Boké Region is the home to a great part of Guinea's aluminium (or bauxite) reserves. At least two of the country's largest mining facilities are located there:

* Compagnie des Bauxites de Guinée, or CBG, which is operated by Halco Mining, an international and intercorporate aluminium mining entity.
* Alumina Company of Guinea, or ACG, operating the Friguia bauxite-alumina complex in Fria Prefecture.

## See also

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* Aluminium in Africa
* Regions of Guinea

## References

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1. ^ "Sub-national HDI – Area Database – Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org. Retrieved 2018-09-13.

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* Conakry
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