Faranah Region

Region of Guinea

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Region in Guinea

Faranah

Region

Faranah Region in Guinea

Country| Guinea
Capital| Faranah
Government

• Governor| Malick Diakité[1]
Area

• Total

| 35,581 km2 (13,738 sq mi)
Population

(2014 census)

• Total

| 942,733
• Density| 26/km2 (69/sq mi)
HDI (2017)| 0.377[2]
low · 7th of 8

Faranah Region (N'Ko: ߝߙߊߣߊ߫ ߕߌ߲߬ߞߎߘߎ߲) is located in east-central Guinea. It is bordered by the countries of Sierra Leone and Mali and the Guinean regions of Kankan, Mamou, Nzérékoré, and Labé.

## Administrative divisions

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Faranah Region is divided into four prefectures; which are further sub-divided into 42 sub-prefectures:

* Dabola Prefecture (9 sub-prefectures)
* Dinguiraye Prefecture (8 sub-prefectures)
* Faranah Prefecture (12 sub-prefectures)
* Kissidougou Prefecture (13 sub-prefectures)

## Geography

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Faranah Region is traversed by the northwesterly line of equal latitude and longitude.

## References

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1. ^ "Administration du territoire : voici la liste des Gouverneurs des 8 régions de la Guinée". guineematin.com (in French). 13 October 2021. Retrieved 4 November 2021.
2. ^ "Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org. Retrieved 2018-09-13.

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Regions of Guinea

* Boké
* Conakry
* Faranah
* Kankan
* Kindia
* Labé
* Mamou
* Nzérékoré

10°00′N 10°50′W﻿ / ﻿10.000°N 10.833°W﻿ / 10.000; -10.833

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