Meliandou
Meliandou is a village in Guéckédou Prefecture, in the Nzérékoré Region of southern Guinea. Medical researchers believe that the village was the location of the first known case of Ebola virus disease in the epidemic in West Africa.Meliandou
- Type: Hamlet
- Description: populated place in Guéckédou Prefecture, Guinea
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Préfecture de Guéckédou, Nzérékoré Region, Guinea, West Africa, Africa
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Latitude
8.62235° or 8° 37′ 21″ northLongitude
-10.06454° or 10° 3′ 52″ westElevation
612 metres (2,008 feet)Open location code
6CWFJWCP+W5OpenStreetMap ID
node 2742838078OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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