Sangarédi | |
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Sub-prefecture and town | |
Coordinates: 11°06′N 13°46′W / 11.100°N 13.767°W | |
Country | Guinea |
Region | Boke Region |
Elevation | 456 ft (139 m) |
Population (2016) | |
• Total | 81,736 |
Sangarédi is a mining town and sub-prefecture in western Guinea, where bauxite is mined. The ore is shipped by a railway to the Atlantic coast port of Kamsar, 135km to the west. As of 2016, Sangarédi had a population of 81,736 people, an increase of around 5% in just two years from 2014 [1] due to the expansion of the area's three bauxite mines and refinery by CBG (the Compagnie des bauxites de Guinée) which currently produces around 14,000,000 tonnes per year from Sangarédi. [2]
The town is served by Sangarédi Airport.
Sangarédi | |
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Sub-prefecture and town | |
Coordinates: 11°06′N 13°46′W / 11.100°N 13.767°W | |
Country | Guinea |
Region | Boke Region |
Elevation | 456 ft (139 m) |
Population (2016) | |
• Total | 81,736 |
Sangarédi is a mining town and sub-prefecture in western Guinea, where bauxite is mined. The ore is shipped by a railway to the Atlantic coast port of Kamsar, 135km to the west. As of 2016, Sangarédi had a population of 81,736 people, an increase of around 5% in just two years from 2014 [1] due to the expansion of the area's three bauxite mines and refinery by CBG (the Compagnie des bauxites de Guinée) which currently produces around 14,000,000 tonnes per year from Sangarédi. [2]
The town is served by Sangarédi Airport.