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11°45′N 12°0′W / 11.750°N 12.000°W
Labé | |
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Country | Guinea |
Capital | Labé |
Government | |
• Governor | Robert Soumah[1] |
Area | |
• Total | 22,869 km2 (8,830 sq mi) |
Population (2014 census) | |
• Total | 1,081,445 |
• Density | 47/km2 (120/sq mi) |
HDI (2017) | 0.384[2] low · 6th of 8 |
Labé Region (Pular: 𞤁𞤭𞥅𞤱𞤢𞤤 𞤂𞤢𞤦𞤫) is a region of Guinea located in the north-central part of the country. It is bordered by the countries of Senegal and Mali and the Guinean regions of Faranah, Kindia, Mamou, and Boké.
Administrative divisions
editLabé Region is divided into five prefectures; which are further sub-divided into 53 sub-prefectures:
- Koubia Prefecture (6 sub-prefectures)
- Labé Prefecture (13 sub-prefectures)
- Lélouma Prefecture (11 sub-prefectures)
- Mali Prefecture (13 sub-prefectures)
- Tougué Prefecture (10 sub-prefectures)
Geography
editLabé Region is traversed by the northwesterly line of equal latitude and longitude.
References
edit- ^ "Administration du territoire : voici la liste des Gouverneurs des 8 régions de la Guinée". guineematin.com (in French). 13 October 2021. Retrieved 4 November 2021.
- ^ "Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org. Retrieved 2018-09-13.