Boké Region is located in western
Guinea
Guinea ( ),, fuf, 𞤘𞤭𞤲𞤫, italic=no, Gine, wo, Gine, nqo, ߖߌ߬ߣߍ߫, bm, Gine officially the Republic of Guinea (french: République de Guinée), is a coastal country in West Africa. It borders the Atlantic Ocean to the we ...
. It is bordered by the countries of
Senegal
Senegal,; Wolof: ''Senegaal''; Pulaar: 𞤅𞤫𞤲𞤫𞤺𞤢𞥄𞤤𞤭 (Senegaali); Arabic: السنغال ''As-Sinighal'') officially the Republic of Senegal,; Wolof: ''Réewum Senegaal''; Pulaar : 𞤈𞤫𞤲𞤣𞤢𞥄𞤲𞤣𞤭 ...
and
Guinea-Bissau
Guinea-Bissau ( ; pt, Guiné-Bissau; ff, italic=no, 𞤘𞤭𞤲𞤫 𞤄𞤭𞤧𞤢𞥄𞤱𞤮, Gine-Bisaawo, script=Adlm; Mandinka: ''Gine-Bisawo''), officially the Republic of Guinea-Bissau ( pt, República da Guiné-Bissau, links=no ) ...
and the Guinean regions of
Kindia
Kindia ( N’ko: ߞߌ߲ߘߌߦߊ߫) is the fourth largest city in Guinea, lying about 85 miles northeast of the nation's capital, Conakry. Its estimated population in 2008 was 181,126. Kindia serves as the capital and largest city of Kindia Prefect ...
and
Labé. Its capital is the city of
Boké
Boké is the capital city of Boké Prefecture within the Boké Region of Lower Guinea near the border with Guinea-Bissau. It is also a sub-prefecture of Guinea. Located along the Rio Nuñez which flows to its not-too-distant mouth on the Atla ...
.
Administrative divisions
Boké Region is divided into five prefectures; which are further sub-divided into 37 sub-prefectures:
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Boffa Prefecture
Boffa is a prefecture located in the Boké Region
Boké Region is located in western Guinea. It is bordered by the countries of Senegal and Guinea-Bissau and the Guinean regions of Kindia and Labé. Its capital is the city of Boké.
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(8 sub-prefectures)
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Boké Prefecture
Boké is a prefecture located in the Boké Region of Guinea. The capital is Boké. The prefecture covers an area of 11,124 km.² and has a population of 449,405. It contains several economically important areas of the country, including thos ...
(10 sub-prefectures)
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Fria Prefecture
Fria is a prefecture located in the Boké Region of Guinea. The capital is Fria. The prefecture covers an area of .² and has a population of 96,527. It is the site of the first alumina factory in Africa.
Sub-prefectures
The prefecture is divid ...
(4 sub-prefectures)
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Gaoual Prefecture
Gaoual is a prefecture located in the Boké Region of Guinea. The capital is Gaoual. The prefecture covers an area of 7,758 km.² and has a population of 194,245.
Sub-prefectures
The prefecture is divided administratively into 8 sub-pre ...
(8 sub-prefectures)
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Koundara Prefecture
Koundara is a prefecture located in the Boké Region of Guinea. The capital is Koundara. The prefecture covers an area of and has a population of 130,205.
Capital
Koundara town is served by Sambailo Airport. As of 2014 it had a population of ...
(7 sub-prefectures)
Mining reserves
Boké Region is the home to a great part of Guinea's
aluminium
Aluminium (aluminum in American and Canadian English) is a chemical element with the symbol Al and atomic number 13. Aluminium has a density lower than those of other common metals, at approximately one third that of steel. It ha ...
(or
bauxite
Bauxite is a sedimentary rock with a relatively high aluminium content. It is the world's main source of aluminium and gallium. Bauxite consists mostly of the aluminium minerals gibbsite (Al(OH)3), boehmite (γ-AlO(OH)) and diaspore (α-AlO ...
) reserves. At least two of the country's largest
mining
Mining is the extraction of valuable minerals or other geological materials from the Earth, usually from an ore body, lode, vein, seam, reef, or placer deposit. The exploitation of these deposits for raw material is based on the econom ...
facilities are located there:
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Compagnie des Bauxites de Guinée
Compagnie des bauxites de Guinée (CBG) is a Guinean mining company. Since 1963 it has extracted bauxite from the notable mine in Sangarédi, in Boké Region in Guinea. It is 49% owned by the Guinean State, with the remainder owned by the Boké ...
, or CBG, which is operated by
Halco Mining Halco Mining is an aluminium company based at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (USA). The company is organized under the laws of the state of Delaware in the United States. Halco is the 51% owner of the stock of Compagnie des Bauxites de Guinée, the prim ...
, an international and intercorporate aluminium mining entity.
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Alumina Company of Guinea The Alumina Company of Guinea (ACG-Fria) is a bauxite mining company based in Fria, Guinea. They are the main aluminium producing company in the country, and was once part-owned by the government of Guinea in Conakry and by the Reynolds Metals Compa ...
, or ACG, operating the Friguia bauxite-alumina complex in
Fria Prefecture
Fria is a prefecture located in the Boké Region of Guinea. The capital is Fria. The prefecture covers an area of .² and has a population of 96,527. It is the site of the first alumina factory in Africa.
Sub-prefectures
The prefecture is divid ...
.
See also
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Aluminium in Africa
Aluminium in Africa originates from bauxite, and within Africa is primarily found in Guinea, Mozambique and Ghana. Guinea is by far the biggest producer in Africa, and is a world leader in bauxite production.
There are many companies involved in ...
References
Regions of Guinea
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