Mambia 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

Kindia Prefecture Kindia is a prefecture located in the Kindia Region of Guinea. The capital is Kindia. The prefecture covers an area of 9,648 km2 with a population of 439,614. Sub-prefectures The prefecture is divided administratively into 10 sub-prefectur ...

in the

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 ...

of 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 ...

. It has an area of 808 km². As of 2014 its population is 26,500. 49% of the population is male while 51% is female. Around 130 km west of the 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 ...

, the town Mambia is the chief-place of the sub-prefecture, and home to a major

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 (), boehmite (γ-AlO(OH)), and diaspore (α-AlO(OH) ...

mining operation, the ''Compagnie Bauxite de Kindia (CBK)''.GUINEA: Winners and losers in Guinea’s bauxite industry
IRIN, 9 June 2008.

References

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