Mambia is a town and sub-prefecture in the Kindia Prefecture in the Kindia Region of western Guinea. It has an area of 808 km2. As of 2014 its population is 26,500. 49% of the population is male while 51% is female.
Around 130 km west of the capital Conakry, the town Mambia is the chief-place of the sub-prefecture,Kindia:la police réprime une manifestation, 2 morts, 12 blessés, AFP, 09-Oct-2008 and home to a major bauxite mining operation, the Compagnie Bauxite de Kindia (CBK).GUINEA: Winners and losers in Guinea’s bauxite industry, IRIN, 9 June 2008.
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