Labé region

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Labé
Guinea-Bissau Senegal Mali Elfenbeinküste Liberia Sierra Leone Conakry Region Boké Region Labé Region Faranah Region Mamou Region Kindia Region Kankan Region Nzérékorélocation
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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
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.

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