Tombo Island

Tombo Island is an island in the Atlantic Ocean at the tip of the Kaloum Peninsula, about 4 km east of the Îles de Los. The capital was built on the island, which is the site of the old city of Conakry; the new colonial city is located at Kaloum.
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  • Island
  • …lies at an elevation of 12 metres (39 feet)
  • Description: island in Guinea
  • Also known as
    “L’Île de Tumbo”
    “Toumbo”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Stade de la mission and Ignace Deen Hospital.
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is a stadium.
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The is a hospital in , built during the colonial era.
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The is the national museum of , situated in the capital, .

Tombo Island

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Latitude
9.5125° or 9° 30′ 45″ north
Longitude
-13.70639° or 13° 42′ 23″ west
Open location code
6CX8G77V+2C
Geo­Names ID
2414632
Wiki­data ID
Q1572991

Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Bengali to Swedish—“Tombo Island” goes by many names.
  • Bengali: “টম্বো দ্বীপ”
  • Catalan: “Illa de Tombo”
  • Catalan: “Illa Tombo”
  • Cebuano: “Tombo Island”
  • Dutch: “Tombo Island”
  • Finnish: “Tombo”
  • French: “île de Tombo”
  • French: “Île de Tombo”
  • German: “Île Tombo”
  • German: “Tombo Island”
  • Greek: “Νήσος Τόμπο”
  • Greek: “Τόμπο Νήσος”
  • Greek: “Τόμπο”
  • Japanese: “トンボ島”
  • Spanish: “Isla Tombo”
  • Spanish: “Isla Tumbo”
  • Swedish: “Île de Tombo”

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