Bissikrima
Bissikrima is a town and sub-prefecture in the Faranah Region of Guinea in Dabola prefecture. As of 2014 it had a population of 28,840 people. Bissikrima is located at the geographical centre of Guinea on the Tinkisso River, one of the tributaries of the Niger on which there is a hydro-electric dam supplying the towns of Faranah, Dabola and Dinguiraye.
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.- Type: Town with 28,800 residents
- Description: human settlement in Guinea
- Also known as: “Bissikrinia”
Bissikrima
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Préfecture de Dabola, Faranah, Guinea, West Africa, Africa
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Latitude
10.85335° or 10° 51′ 12″ north
Longitude
-10.93702° or 10° 56′ 13″ west
Population
28,800
Elevation
409 metres (1,342 feet)
Open location code
7C2FV337+85
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Bulgarian to Swedish—“Bissikrima” goes by many names.
- Bulgarian: “Бисикрима”
- Cebuano: “Bissikrima”
- Dutch: “Bissikrima”
- French: “Bissikrima”
- Irish: “Bissikrima”
- Italian: “Bissikrima”
- Malay: “Bissikrima”
- N'Ko: “ߓߛߌߞߙߌߡߊ߫”
- Spanish: “Bissikrima”
- Swedish: “Bissikrima”
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