Kankan (prefecture)

Location of the city and prefecture of Kankan in Guinea

Kankan is a prefecture in the Kankan region of the same name in Guinea with about 232,000 inhabitants. Like all Guinean prefectures, it is named after its capital, Kankan , which is also the capital of the entire region.

The prefecture is located in the east of the country, borders the Ivory Coast and covers an area of 18,400 km².