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Kindia

Western Africa

Kindia is the fourth-largest city in Guinea, located about 137 kilometers northeast of the capital Conakry. Its estimated population in 2008 was 181,126. Kindia serves as the capital of both Kindia Prefecture and Kindia Region and functions as a sub-prefecture of Guinea.

Facts
Population
161,024 1
Founding Year
1904 2
Founding Year
1904 2
Latitude
10.049722 degrees north 3
Longitude
12.854167 degrees west 3
Sources
1. GeoNames: Kindia
GeoNames geonameid 2419533 (Kindia), cities500/allCountries bulk dump, matched by primary name + country + coordinates within 25km (w-bbfill-geography6-0926)View the Source
2. Kindia (Wikipedia)
  • History section
    The city was founded in 1904 on the route of Conakry Railway in Kankan.
  • In Group: Cities of Western Africa (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregion
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3. Kindia (Wikidata)
P625 (coordinate location)
Quote, P625 (coordinate location)
latitude 10.049722, longitude -12.854167
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