Siguiri (prefecture)

Location of the city and prefecture of Siguiri in Guinea

Siguiri is a prefecture in the Kankan Region in Guinea with about 243,000 inhabitants. Like all Guinean prefectures, it is named after its capital, Siguiri .

The prefecture is located in the east of the country, borders on Mali and covers an area of ​​19,750 km². This makes Siguiri the largest prefecture in Guinea in terms of area.

The Niger flows through Siguiri to Mali. There are gold deposits here that are being mined, but the miners are also considered a risk factor for the spread of HIV and AIDS in the region.

Mine worker in Siguiri; women also work in the gold mines

Village in Siguiri

See also

• Buré (Guinea)

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1. ↑ bevölkerungsstatistik.de (2006)
2. ↑ USAID: Mining for Gold in Siguiri: A Close Look at a High-Risk Population ( Memento of the original from February 16, 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.