Buré (Guinea)

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Buré is a region in the West African state of Guinea on upper Niger . It is located approximately in today's Siguiri Prefecture .

history

Gold prospector in Siguiri today

Buré was next to the northern Bambuk a region at the time of the Ghana and Mali empires, in which the gold fields of the empire were. The capital at that time was Didi .

literature

  • Colin McEvedy: The Penguin Atlas of African History: Revised Edition Penguin (Non-Classics), ISBN 0-14-051321-3