Bolodou is a

town A town is a type of a human settlement, generally larger than a village but smaller than a city. The criteria for distinguishing a town vary globally, often depending on factors such as population size, economic character, administrative stat ...

and

sub-prefecture A subprefecture is an administrative division of a country that is below prefecture or province. Albania There are twelve Albanian counties or prefectures, each of which is divided into several districts, sometimes translated as subprefectures. ...

in the

Guéckédou Prefecture Guéckédou is a prefecture located in the Nzérékoré Region of Guinea Guinea, officially the Republic of Guinea, is a coastal country in West Africa. It borders the Atlantic Ocean to the west, Guinea-Bissau to the northwest, Senegal to ...

in the

Nzérékoré Region The Nzérékoré Region () is one of the eight administrative regions of Guinea. Spread across an area of , its capital and largest city is Nzérékoré. Located in the south-west corner of the country, it is bordered by the countries of Sierra ...

of south-western

Guinea Guinea, officially the Republic of Guinea, is a coastal country in West Africa. It borders the Atlantic Ocean to the west, Guinea-Bissau to the northwest, Senegal to the north, Mali to the northeast, Côte d'Ivoire to the southeast, and Sier ...

. The sub-prefecture had a population of 13,643 in 2014, up from 11,750 in 1996. The town itself has 94 houses with an unknown population. The Bolodou Sub-Prefecture is divided into seven quarters (districts), which are Beddou, Bolodou Centre, Faindou, Gbandou, Koleadou, Kongoma and Soumtou. Each of these towns can further be split into sectors, which are the smallest administrative divisions in Guinea. In 2017, Ibrahima Tounkara, a local mathematics teacher, set up his own dam to generate hydroelectric power for the town's homes. In December 2017, a long bridge was built that connected the previously separate markets in Yèndè Millimou and Guéckédou.

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Sub-prefectures of the Nzérékoré Region {{Guinea-geo-stub