Kankan

Kankan is a prefecture located in the of . The capital is . The prefecture covers an area of 19,750 km.² and has a population of 2,450,890.
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  • Type: prefecture of Guinea with 473,000 residents
  • Description: prefecture of Guinea
  • Also known as: Kankan Prefecture” and “Région Administrative de Kankan

Kankan

Latitude
10.271° or 10° 16′ 16″ north
Longitude
-9.178° or 9° 10′ 41″ west
Population
473,000
Elevation
421 metres (1,381 feet)
Open location code
7C2G7RCC+CR
Geo­Names ID
2419991
Wiki­data ID
Q581719
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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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