Mamou region

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Basic data
Country Guinea
Capital Mamou
surface 17,074 km²
Residents 731,188 (2014)
density 43 inhabitants per km²
ISO 3166-2 GN-M

Coordinates: 11 ° 19 ′  N , 12 ° 17 ′  W

Mamou is a region of Guinea and has an area of ​​17,074 km². It is located in the middle of the country, on the border with Sierra Leone . Their capital is the eponymous Mamou . The region had 731,188 inhabitants at the last census in 2014 and is still sparsely populated, at 42.8 inhabitants per square kilometer, despite strong population growth.

Geographically, Mamou is mainly in the mountainous area of Fouta Djallon .

Administrative division

The Mamou region comprises three prefectures. These are:

prefecture Area in km² Ew. (2014)
male 		Ew. (2014)
female 		Ew. (2014)
total 		main place
Dalaba 3328 59,852 73,825 133,677 Dalaba
Mamou 9108 148.157 170,824 318,981 Mamou
Pita 4638 123,999 154,531 278,530 Pita
Mamou region 17,074 332.008 399.180 731.188 Mamou

Significant places

The most populous town in the region is Mamou with almost 70,000 residents. Other important cities are Pita and Dalaba.

population

The number of residents has grown rapidly in the last few decades. The censuses resulted in (1983) 437,212, (1996) 612,218 and (2014) 731,188 residents. Between 1983 and 1996 there was an annual population growth of 2.4%. In contrast, the number of residents only grew by 1.0% annually between 1996 and 2014.

Of the population (2014) 332,008 were male and 399,180 (54.6% of the population) were female. Only 98,527 people (13.5% of the population) lived in urban areas in 2014.

The region is linguistically uniform. The language Poular (also Peul; 92.4% of the population), which is also important at the state level, is the dominant language. The languages Malinke (4.3% of the population) and Sussu (1.9% of the population), which are also important at the state level, are the most important minority languages.

The region is almost completely Islamized. Islam (99.4% of the population) is the dominant creed. Christianity (0.5% 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.

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  1. ↑ National Statistics Institute of Guinea, 2014 Census, p. 34
  2. ↑ City population, cities Guinea