Kindia ( N’ko: ߞߌ߲ߘߌߦߊ߫) is the fourth largest city in

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 ...

, located about northeast of the nation's capital,

Conakry Conakry ( , ; ; ; ) is the Capital city, capital and largest city of Guinea. A port city, it serves as the economic, financial and cultural centre of Guinea. Its population as of the 2014 Guinea census was 1,660,973. The current population of C ...

. Its estimated population in 2008 was 181,126. Kindia serves as the capital and largest city of Kindia Prefecture and

Kindia Region Kindia Region () is a region located in western Guinea. It is bordered by the country of Sierra Leone Sierra Leone, officially the Republic of Sierra Leone, is a country on the southwest coast of West Africa. It is bordered to the southe ...

. It also functions as a sub-prefecture of Guinea.

Geography

The city is near Mount Gangan and the Mariée Falls.

History

The city was founded in 1904 on the route of Conakry Railway in Kankan.''Britannica''
"Kindia"
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Economy

Kindia grew around

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plantation Plantations are farms specializing in cash crops, usually mainly planting a single crop, with perhaps ancillary areas for vegetables for eating and so on. Plantations, centered on a plantation house, grow crops including cotton, cannabis, tob ...

s following the construction of a now-closed

railway Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport using wheeled vehicles running in railway track, tracks, which usually consist of two parallel steel railway track, rails. Rail transport is one of the two primary means of ...

to the capital.

Demography

The city of Kindia has an ethnically diverse population, although the Susu make up the majority of the population, followed by the Mandinka. The city is home to virtually all of the country's ethnic groups. After the capital Conakry, Kindia is home to the second largest Sierra Leonean community in Guinea. An estimated 9,000 Sierra Leoneans reside in the city, many of them have obtain Guinean citizenship. Like every city in Western Guinea, including the capital Conakry, the

Susu language Susu (endonym: ; ) is the language of the Susu or ''Soso'' people of Guinea and Sierra Leone, West Africa. It is in the Mande language family, and its closest relative is Yalunka. It is one of the national languages of Guinea and spoken mainl ...

is the most widely spoken language in Kindia and is understood by virtually the entire population.

Climate

Kindia has a

tropical savanna climate Tropical savanna climate or tropical wet and dry climate is a tropical climate sub-type that corresponds to the Köppen climate classification categories ''Aw'' (for a dry "winter") and ''As'' (for a dry "summer"). The driest month has less than ...

(

Köppen climate classification The Köppen climate classification divides Earth climates into five main climate groups, with each group being divided based on patterns of seasonal precipitation and temperature. The five main groups are ''A'' (tropical), ''B'' (arid), ''C'' (te ...

''Aw'').

References

Regional capitals in Guinea Sub-prefectures of the Kindia Region French West Africa Populated places established in 1904 1904 establishments in French West Africa {{Guinea-geo-stub