Place:Kankan, Kankan, Kankan, Guinea

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NameKankan
TypeCity
Coordinates10.383°N 9.3°W
Located inKankan, Kankan, Guinea     (1700 - )
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Kankan (Mandingo: Kánkàn; N’ko: ߞߊ߲ߞߊ߲߫) is the largest city in Guinea in land area, and the third largest in population, with a population of 1 980 130 people as of 2020. The city is located in eastern Guinea about east of the national capital Conakry.

The city is the capital and largest town of the Kankan Prefecture and of the Kankan Region. The population is largely from the Mande ethnic group.

The Kankan region now has more than 6,167,904 inhabitants (2021) a most popular region of Guinea The region has five (5) prefectures (Kankan, Kérouané, Kouroussa, Mandiana and Siguiri), 53 sub-prefectures, 5 urban communes, 53 rural communes , 878 arrondissements, 68 neighborhoods and 1864 sectors.

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