Subdivisions of Guinea

Guinea is divided into four natural regions with distinct human, geographic, and climatic characteristics:

  • Maritime Guinea (La Guinée Maritime) covers 18% of the country
  • Middle Guinea (La Moyenne-Guinée) covers 20% of the country
  • Upper Guinea (La Haute-Guinée) covers 38% of the country
  • Forested Guinea (Guinée Forestière) covers 23% of the country, and is both forested and mountainous
Guinea's natural regions of Maritime, Middle, Upper, and Forested.

Government divisions

Regions
Further information: Regions of Guinea
Regions of Guinea.

Guinea is divided into seven administrative regions. The national capital, Conakry, ranks as a special zone.

RegionCapitalArea (km2Population (2014 census)
Conakry RegionConakry4501,660,973
Nzérékoré RegionNzérékoré37,6581,527,030
Kankan RegionKankan72,1451,972,537
Kindia RegionKindia28,8731,561,374
Boké RegionBoké31,1861,083,147
Labé RegionLabé22,869994,458
Faranah RegionFaranah35,581941,554
Mamou RegionMamou17,074731,188
  • The capital Conakry with a population of 1,660,973 ranks as a special zone.

Prefectures
Further information: Prefectures of Guinea

Guinea's regions are subdivided into thirty-three prefectures and one special zone, Conakry.

Prefectures of Guinea.
  1. Beyla
  2. Boffa
  3. Boké
  4. Conakry
  5. Coyah
  6. Dabola
  7. Dalaba
  8. Dinguiraye
  9. Dubréka
  10. Faranah
  11. Forécariah
  12. Fria
  13. Gaoual
  14. Guéckédou
  15. Kankan
  16. Kérouané
  17. Kindia
  18. Kissidougou
  19. Koubia
  20. Koundara
  21. Kouroussa
  22. Labé
  23. Lélouma
  24. Lola
  25. Macenta
  26. Mali
  27. Mamou
  28. Mandiana
  29. Nzérékoré
  30. Pita
  31. Siguiri
  32. Télimélé
  33. Tougué
  34. Yomou

Sub-prefectures
Further information: Sub-prefectures of Guinea

The Communes of Guinea or sub prefectures, known in French as sous-prefectures, are the third-level administrative divisions in Guinea. As of 2009 there were 303 rural communes of Guinea and 38 urban communes, 5 of which compose the Conakry greater urban area.

See also

References
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