Faranah
| Faranah | |||
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| Coordinates | 10 ° 3 ′ N , 10 ° 44 ′ W | ||
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| Country | Guinea | ||
| ISO 3166-2 | GN | ||
| Residents | 60,449 (2014) | ||
Faranah is a city in Guinea . It is the capital of the region of the same name and a prefecture that is in the center of the country. It lies on the Niger River , which rises about 60 kilometers south of it and flows north. In 2014 the estimated population was 60,449 people.
history
Faranah was founded around 1890 as a French outpost on the train against the resistance fighter Samory Touré . It is also the birthplace of the first Guinean President Ahmed Sékou Touré . A Roman Catholic mission station was set up in 1948. A conference center was built here for the founding conference of the Niger Basin Authority ("Commission for the Use of Niger") in 1964, as well as a larger mosque and a complex of villas for state guests.
traffic
Faranah is a junction with roads to Mamou , Kissidougou and Dabola . It has an airfield with a paved runway, which is parallel to the road in the direction of Mamou in the west of the city, and carries the abbreviation FAA.
economy
Faranah is agriculturally very fertile, rice and grain are grown in the surrounding area, cows are kept and palm plantations are operated for the production of dates and oil. These agricultural products are sold and traded in the city.
Population development
The following overview shows the population by area since the 1983 census.
| year | Residents |
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| 1983 (census) | 28,817 |
| 1996 (census) | 34,472 |
| 2014 (census) | 60,449 |
literature
- Ministère de l'Education Pré-Universitaire et de l'Education Civique: Atlas Scolaire de la Guinée , MEPU-EC and GTZ, Conakry 2002.