Labé region
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Basic data | |
Country | Guinea |
Capital | Labé |
surface | 22,869 km² |
Residents | 994,458 (2014) |
density | 43 inhabitants per km² |
ISO 3166-2 | GN-L |
Coordinates: 11 ° 19 ′ N , 12 ° 17 ′ W
Labé is a region of Guinea and has an area of 22,869 km². It is located in the north of the country, bordering Senegal and Mali . Their capital is the Labé of the same name . The region had 994,458 inhabitants at the last census in 2014 and is still sparsely populated with 43.5 inhabitants per square kilometer, despite strong population growth.
Geographically, Labé is mainly in the mountainous area of Fouta Djallon .
Administrative division
The Labé region comprises five prefectures. These are:
prefecture | Area in km² | Ew. (2014) male |
Ew. (2014) female |
Ew. (2014) total |
main place |
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Koubia | 3725 | 45,533 | 54,637 | 100.170 | Koubia |
Labé | 2242 | 143,583 | 175.355 | 318,938 | Labé |
Lélouma | 4275 | 68.998 | 94.071 | 163,069 | Lélouma |
Mali | 8802 | 134,957 | 153.044 | 288.001 | Mali |
Tougué | 3825 | 55,788 | 68,492 | 124,280 | Tougué |
Labé region | 22,869 | 448,859 | 545,599 | 994.458 | Labé |
Significant places
The only town in the region is Labé with over 90,000 inhabitants. Other important places are Mali, Lélouma, Koubia and Tougué.
population
The number of residents has grown rapidly in the last few decades. The population censuses showed (1983) 642,617, (1996) 799,545 and (2014) 994,458 residents. Between 1983 and 1996 there was an annual population growth of 1.6%. In contrast, the number of residents only grew by 1.2% annually between 1996 and 2014.
In 2014, 448,859 people were male and 545,599 (54.9% of the population) were female. Only 110,744 people (11.2% of the population) lived in urban areas in 2014.
The region is linguistically uniform. The language Poular (also Peul; 94.5% of the population), which is also important at the state level, is the dominant language. Other important languages in the Labé region are Diakanka (1.7% of the population) and Djalonké (1.2% of the population).
The region is almost completely Islamized. Islam (99.4% of the population) is the dominant creed. Christianity (0.4% of the population) is in a diaspora situation . There are hardly any followers of traditional religions left. But many Muslims and Christians practice a mixed religion of traditional and new faith. In addition, as everywhere in West Africa, Sufism has a significant following.