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Conakry (/ ˈ k ɒ n ə k r i / KON-ə-kree, French:; Susu: Kɔnakiri; N'Ko: ߞߐߣߊߞߙߌ߫, romanized: Kɔnakrí; Fula: 𞤑𞤮𞤲𞤢𞥄𞤳𞤭𞤪𞤭, romanized: Konaakiri) is the capital and largest city of Guinea. A port city, it serves as the economic, financial and cultural centre of Guinea.
Sep 27, 2024 · Conakry, national capital, largest city, and chief Atlantic port, western Guinea. Conakry lies on Tombo (Tumbo) Island and the Camayenne (Kaloum) Peninsula. Founded by the French in 1884, it derived its name from a local village inhabited by the Susu (Soussou) people.
It is sometimes referred to as Guinea-Conakry after its capital Conakry, to distinguish it from other territories in the eponymous region such as Guinea-Bissau and Equatorial Guinea. [8] [9] [10] [11] Guinea has a population of 14 million and an area of 245,857 square kilometres (94,926 sq mi). [12]
Sep 26, 2024 · Published Sept. 26, 2024 12:04 p.m. PDT. Share. DAKAR, Senegal -. Shots were fired late Thursday near the presidential palace in Guinea's capital Conakry, and the army briefly locked down the city ...
Sep 27, 2024 · Guinea, country of western Africa, located on the Atlantic coast. Three of western Africa’s major rivers—the Gambia, the Niger, and the Senegal—rise in Guinea. Under the name French Guinea, it was a part of French West Africa until it achieved independence in 1958. Its capital is Conakry.
From the pungent fishing port of Boulbinet and the street kitchens of Coronthie to the containers-turned-shops of Taouyah, this city goes about its business noisily and with ingenuity, proud and unruffled by the visitor's gaze.
Conakry (/ ˈkɒnəkri / KON-ə-kree, French: [kɔnakʁi]; Susu: Kɔnakiri; N'Ko: ߞߐߣߊߞߙߌ߫, romanized: Kɔnakrí; Fula: 𞤑𞤮𞤲𞤢𞥄𞤳𞤭𞤪𞤭, romanized: Konaakiri) is the 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.
Conakry is the capital and largest city of Guinea and the economic, commercial and trade center for the area. of Guinea. Its population as of 2014 was 1.7 million.
Guinea’s capital, Conakry, is a busy and crowded complex of artisans selling homemade furniture, residential areas filled with towering apartment buildings, pharmacies lighting the streets green, mototaxis mixed with old French taxi cars buzzing by, and a whole lot of traffic jams.
Sep 5, 2024 · name: Conakry geographic coordinates: 9 30 N, 13 42 W time difference: UTC 0 (5 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time) etymology: according to tradition, the name derives from the fusion of the name Cona, a Baga wine and cheese producer who lived on Tombo Island (the original site of the present-day capital), and the word nakiri ...
