Mamou (prefecture)

Location of the city and prefecture of Mamou in Guinea

Mamou is a prefecture in the same region Mamou in Guinea with about 221,000 inhabitants. Like all Guinean prefectures, it is named after its capital, Mamou , which is also the capital of the entire region.

The prefecture is located in the middle of the country partly in the mountains of Fouta Djallon , bordering Sierra Leone in the south , and covers an area of 6,160 km².