Pamelap is a town in

Forécariah Prefecture Forécariah is a prefecture located in the Kindia 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 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 ...

in the

Republic 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 the north, Mali to the northeast, Côte d'Ivoire to the southeast, and Sier ...

. Pamelap shares an international border with the town of Gbalamuya located in the

Republic 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 southeast by Liberia and by Guinea to the north. Sierra Leone's land area is . It has a tropical climate and envi ...

. Pamelap has a population about 20,000. Almost the entire population of Pamelap are a members of the Susu ethnic group. 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 widely spoken in Pamelap, and is the main language of communication in the town. The population of Pamelap is virtually all

Muslim Muslims () are people who adhere to Islam, a Monotheism, monotheistic religion belonging to the Abrahamic religions, Abrahamic tradition. They consider the Quran, the foundational religious text of Islam, to be the verbatim word of the God ...

, and it is known for its conservative Muslim population.

References

Populated places in the Kindia Region {{Guinea-geo-stub