Kankan
Kankan is a prefecture located in the Kankan Region of Guinea. The capital is Kankan. The prefecture covers an area of 19,750 km.² and has a population of 2,450,890.- Type: prefecture of Guinea with 473,000 residents
- Description: prefecture of Guinea
- Also known as: “Kankan Prefecture” and “Région Administrative de Kankan”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Tintioule.
Tintioule
Village
Tintioule is a town in the Kankan Region of Guinea. In 1875 it was the site of a meeting between Karamo Mori Kaba, ruler of the Bate Empire, and Samory Toure to formalize an alliance against the animist Conde clan. Tintioule is situated 7 km southwest of Kankan.
Kankan
- Location: Kankan Region, Guinea, West Africa, Africa
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Urdu—“Kankan” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “محافظة كانكان”
- Cebuano: “Kankan Prefecture”
- Chinese: “康康省”
- Dutch: “Kankan Prefecture”
- Dutch: “Kankan”
- French: “préfecture de Kankan”
- French: “Préfecture de Kankan”
- Fulah: “Kankan”
- German: “Kankan”
- Greek: “Κανκάν”
- Hebrew: “קאנקאן (נפה)”
- Hebrew: “קאנקאן”
- Italian: “prefettura di Kankan”
- Italian: “Prefettura di Kankan”
- Japanese: “カンカン県”
- N'Ko: “ߞߊ߲ߞߊ߲߫ ߡߙߊ߬ߓߊ߰ߘߊ”
- Northern Frisian: “Kankan (Prefektüür)”
- Northern Frisian: “Kankan”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Kankan”
- Persian: “استان کانکان”
- Polish: “Kankan”
- Polish: “Prefektura Kankan”
- Russian: “Канкан”
- Spanish: “Kankan”
- Swedish: “Kankan Prefecture”
- Swedish: “Kankan”
- Urdu: “کانکان پریفیکچور”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Kankan Airport and Lac Dama.
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