Conakry

Conakry
Coordinates	9 ° 32 ′  N , 13 ° 41 ′  W Coordinates: 9 ° 32 ′  N , 13 ° 41 ′  W
Basic data
Country	Guinea
Special zone	Conakry
Residents	1,667,864 (March 1, 2014)
Satellite image of the Kaloum Peninsula with the Los Islands

Conakry [ kɔnaˈkri ] (formerly Konakry ) is the capital of Guinea . With 1,667,864 inhabitants (as of March 1, 2014), it is the largest city in the country.

geography

Conakry (aerial view)

The city emerged from a small fishing settlement on the island of Tombo off the Kaloum peninsula in western Guinea in the Atlantic Ocean . With increasing importance as the seat of the administration of the Rivières du Sud colony , the place also developed into an important trading center. Finally, Tombo was connected to the peninsula and thus also to the mainland through embankments.

At the beginning of the 20th century, Conakry was a magnificent city with sandy beaches and promenades and tree-lined boulevards. At that time it was often referred to as the “Paris of Africa” or “Petit Marseille”. In the course of the 20th century, Conakry of Kaloum, as the former island was called, expanded further and further to the northeast onto the peninsula. It now included the districts of Matam, Dixinn, Matoto and Ratoma. In 2015, the extension in this direction inland was about 35 kilometers.

climate

The climate in Conakry is extremely warm. The annual average temperature is 26.6 ° C and it is between 25 and 30 ° C all year round. The amount of precipitation is 4296 mm per year. The dry season lasts from November to May.

Conakry
Climate diagram
J F. M. A. M. J J A. S. O N D.     1   31 22nd     2   31 22nd     7th   32 23     26th   32 24     153   31 24     507   29 23     1265   28 22nd     1153   27 23     682   29 22nd     299   30th 22nd     99   31 23     16   31 23 Temperature in ° C ,  precipitation in mm Source: wetterkontor.de

Average monthly temperatures and rainfall for Conakry Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Max. Temperature ( ° C ) 30.8 31.4 31.5 32.0 31.1 29.2 27.5 26.9 28.6 29.7 30.5 31.0 O 30th Min. Temperature (° C) 22.3 22.2 22.8 23.6 23.6 22.6 22.1 22.5 22.4 22.1 22.9 22.6 O 22.6 Precipitation ( mm ) 1 2 7th 26th 153 507 1,265 1,153 682 299 99 16 Σ 4.210 Hours of sunshine ( h / d ) 5.6 6.8 8.2 7.2 5.6 3.8 2.1 2.1 4.2 5.5 6.1 4.1 O 5.1 Rainy days ( d ) 0 0 1 2 10 21st 28 27 23 17th 7th 1 Σ 137 Water temperature (° C) 27 26th 27 27 27 27 27 27 27 27 27 27 O 26.9 Humidity ( % ) 69 71 70 70 77 83 89 90 87 83 82 75 O 78.9 Source: wetterkontor.de

history

In 1887, Conakry, then still a fishing village, was occupied by France and expanded into a town.

Conakry has been the capital of French Guinea , now the Republic of Guinea , since 1890 .

Since 1955 the seat of the Catholic Archdiocese of Conakry .

Conakry: French Governor's Palace 1956

The People's Palace in Conakry

Attractions

• National Museum ("Musée National"): The National Museum displays art objects, especially masks, from all over the country.
• Faysal Mosque: The Faysal Mosque, built in the late 1970s, is the fourth largest mosque in Africa and the largest in Sub-Saharan Africa.The mosque can accommodate a total of 12,500 people (2,500 for women on the upper floor and 10,000 for men on the ground floor).
• Camayenne Mausoleum: Important figures from Guinea are buried in the Camayenne Mausoleum. B. Ahmed Sékou Touré and Samory Touré .
• People's Palace (Palais du Peuple): The People's Palace serves cultural purposes (exhibitions, congresses) and is the seat of Parliament .

• There is also a botanical garden .
• Los Islands ("Îles de Los"): The Îles de Los with palm-fringed sandy beaches are just a few kilometers off the coast. Bauxite was mined on two of these islands until the 1960s.

traffic

Air:

• Airport : international airport

Water:

• Port: the seaport is on the Atlantic , see also paragraph 'Economy'

economy

Conakry is the economic center of the country. The city has an international airport and a major port on the Atlantic . Among other things, bananas , iron ore and bauxite are shipped. The port handling was 1997 3.739.463 tons, since the expansion of the port in the early nineties for container ships of the second generation also takes the container handling resistant.

In 2008, the branch of the French logistics group Necotrans , Getma, was granted a concession to expand and operate the port. This concession was revoked by decree in 2011 due to non-compliance with contractual obligations. A few months later, a 25-year concession for further expansion and operation was awarded to the Bolloré company. In mid-March of the same year, Getma filed a criminal complaint against Vincent Bolloré with the Paris public prosecutor. He is accused of funding the successful election campaign of the President of Guinea, Alpha Condé in Jare 2010. The investigative proceedings initiated as a result are discontinued. In October 2013, Bolloré was sentenced by the Nanterre Commercial Court to pay Getma 2.1 million euros as compensation for port extensions that had already been carried out.

education

Since 1963 there has been a state university in Conakry, the "Université Gamal Abdel Nasser de Conakry" . In 1999 the first private university was opened with the “Université Kofi Annan de Guinée”. The “Université Général Lansana Conté ” has also existed since 2005 and the “Université Thierno Amadou Diallo” since 2008.

Town twinning

• Freetown , since 2008

sons and daughters of the town

• Jo Maka (1929–1981), jazz musician
• Jean Claude Diallo (1945–2008), qualified psychologist, politician and head of integration
• Katoucha Niane (1960-2008), French model
• Mamady Youla (* 1961), Guinean politician
• Sékouba Konaté (* 1964), brigadier general and politician
• Pablo Thiam (* 1974), Guinean-German football player and official
• Pascal Feindouno (* 1981), football player
• Oumar Kalabane (* 1981), football player
• Fodé Mansaré (* 1981), football player
• Souleymane Youla (* 1981), football player
• Alhassane Keita (born 1983), football player
• Alimou Mamadou Diallo (* 1984), football player
• Alhassane Baldé (* 1985), German racing wheelchair athlete
• Ismaël Bangoura (* 1985), football player
• Ibrahima Sory Camara (* 1985), football player
• Mohamed Fofana (* 1985), football player
• Kamil Zayatte (* 1985), football player
• Mamadou Bah (* 1988), football player
• Guy-Michel Landel (* 1990), football player
• Florentin Pogba (* 1990), football player
• Mohammed Diarra (* 1992), football player
• Alhassane Keita (* 1992), football player
• Naby Keïta (* 1995), football player
• Boubacar Barry (born 1996), football player
• Amadou Diawara (born 1997), football player

Web links

Commons : Conakry  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Wiktionary: Conakry  - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations

• Port Autonome de Conakry (French / English)
• Université Kofi Annan de Guinée (French)
• Topographic map of the coastal region of French Guinea with Conakry (Service Géographique de l'Afrique Occidle Française à Dakar 1941) . Retrieved August 30, 2009 (French / Portuguese).

Individual evidence

1. ^ Dominique Auzias, Jean-Paul Labourdette: Mosquée Fayçal . In: Guinée . Petit Futé, 2017, ISBN 979-1-03314956-9 (French, books.google.de ).
2. ↑ Port de Conakry: Getma fait condamner la Guinée ( Memento of the original from August 8, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Jeune Afrique, May 27, 2014 
3. ↑ Port de Conakry, Guinée , Bolloré, accessed September 28, 2018
4. ↑ ^{a b} Guinée: Bolloré condamné à payer 2 millions d'euros pour le port de Conakry , Le Monde, October 10, 2013
5. ↑ Histoire de l'université
6. ↑ News. Freetown City Council, March 21, 2009. ( December 17, 2009 memento in the Internet Archive )