Kissidougou
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| Coordinates | 9 ° 11 ′ N , 10 ° 6 ′ W | ||
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| Country | Guinea | ||
| ISO 3166-2 | GN | ||
| height | 520 m | ||
| Residents | 99,931 (2014) | ||
 Kissidougou market
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Kissidougou is the capital of the Kissidougou prefecture in the Faranah region in Guinea and has about 100,000 inhabitants (as of 2014).
geography
The city is located on the Niandan River in a plain in southeast Guinea in the Forest Guinea area . Sierra Leone begins 50 kilometers west and Liberia 70 kilometers south .
climate
The internal climate in Kissidougou is characterized by relatively high daytime temperatures (30 to 37 ° Celsius) and lower night temperatures (8 to 18 ° Celsius). Most precipitation falls from April to October, from November to March there are only a few days of precipitation.
history
The city has been known since the 18th century and is mostly inhabited by the Kissi people. Around 1890 she became a French outpost in the fight against the Malinkian war leader Samory Touré .
Since the 1990s, and especially in the years 2000 to 2001, thousands of refugees from the war regions of Sierra Leone and Liberia came to the city. In the suburb Albadariah which UNHCR set up a refugee camp. Women and children in particular live there in precarious conditions, and sexual assaults occurred. Shortly afterwards, most of the refugees returned to their countries of origin.
Population development
The following overview shows the population by area since the 1983 census.
| year | Residents |
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| 1983 (census) | 30,724 |
| 1996 (census) | 66,028 |
| 2014 (census) | 99.931 |
economy
The city is surrounded by a lot of fertile agricultural land. Regional agricultural products such as rice, cassava and fruits are sold at the market in the city, and some of them are also processed into beverages.
traffic
The national road N1 runs straight through the city, the N6 runs from the city center in an easterly direction and the N31 in a northerly direction. There is one airport, Kissidougou Airport.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Guinea at geohive.com
- ↑ http://www.iten-online.ch/klima/afrika/guinea/kissidougou.htm
- ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original dated June 29, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Guinea: Calm returns to Kissidougou. This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson Kris Janowski - to whom quoted text may be attributed - at today's press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. UNHCR, December 12, 2000
- ↑ Guinea: Regions & Cities - Population Statistics, Maps, Charts, Weather and Web Information. Retrieved January 6, 2019 .
- ↑ https://www. britica.com/place/Kissidougou-Guinea
