Bossou

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Bossou
Bossou (Guinea)
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Coordinates 7 ° 39 ′  N , 8 ° 31 ′  W Coordinates: 7 ° 39 ′  N , 8 ° 31 ′  W
Basic data
Country Guinea

region

Nzérékoré
prefecture Lola
height 555 m
Voa Guinea chimp guide Gomis 30jan08.jpg

Bossou is a place west of the Nimbaberge and a sub-prefecture in the southeast of the West African country Guinea , only a few kilometers away from the triangle with Liberia and the Ivory Coast . In the sub-prefecture is the Nimba Mountains Nature Reserve .

population

The place Bossou has about 2500 inhabitants. The chimpanzee research facility in Bossou is particularly well-known across the region .

literature

  • Tetsurao Matsuzawa, Tatyana Humle, Yukimaru Sugiyama (eds.): The chimpanzees of Bossou and Nimba . Springer, 2011. ISBN 4431539212 .