Kankan Region
Kankan Region is a region of Guinea located in the east of the country. It is the largest region of Guinea by area, covering an area of 72,145 km2; and it had a population of 4,110,215 at the Census on 1 July 2025.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Kankan Airport.
Kankan Airport
Aerodrome
Kankan Airport is an airport serving Kankan, capital of the Kankan Region in Guinea. Kankan Airport is situated 6 km north of Kankan Region.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kankan and Sub-prefecture of karfamoriah.
Kankan Region
- Region of Guinea with 1,970,000 residents
- …lies at an elevation of 384 metres (1,260 feet)
- Location
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Latitude
10.4° or 10° 24′ north
Longitude
-9.25° or 9° 15′ west
Open location code
7C2GCQ22+22
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In Other Languages
From Amharic to Wu Chinese—“Kankan Region” goes by many names.
- Amharic: “ካንካን ክልል”
- Arabic: “إقليم كانكان”
- Arabic: “إقليم كنكان”
- Armenian: “Կանկան”
- Azerbaijani: “Kankan bölgəsi”
- Basque: “Kankango eskualdea”
- Belarusian: “Канкан”
- Belarusian: “Рэгіён Канкан”
- Bengali: “কানকান অঞ্চল”
- Breton: “Kankan”
- Bulgarian: “Канкан”
- Catalan: “Regió de Kankan”
- Cebuano: “Kankan Region”
- Chinese: “康康大区”
- Chinese: “康康大區”
- Danish: “Kankan Region”
- Danish: “Region Kankan”
- Dutch: “Kankan”
- Finnish: “Kankanin alue”
- French: “Kankan”
- French: “La région de Kankan”
- French: “Region de Kankan”
- French: “Région de Kankan”
- Galician: “Rexión de Kankan”
- German: “GN-K”
- German: “Kankan”
- German: “Region Kankan”
- Greek: “Κανκάν”
- Gujarati: “કાંકન પ્રદેશ”
- Hausa: “Yankin Kankan”
- Hebrew: “קאנקאן (מחוז)”
- Hebrew: “קאנקאן”
- Hindi: “कांकन प्रदेश”
- Indonesian: “Region Kankan”
- Indonesian: “Wilayah Kankan”
- Interlingua: “Kankan (region)”
- Interlingua: “Kankan”
- Italian: “regione di Kankan”
- Italian: “Regione di Kankan”
- Japanese: “カンカン州”
- Javanese: “Wilayah Kankan”
- Kannada: “ಕಂಕಾನ್ ಪ್ರದೇಶ”
- Karekare: “Kankan”
- Kazakh: “Қанқан аймағы”
- Kirghiz: “Канкан чокусу”
- Korean: “캉칸주”
- Latvian: “Kankanas reģions”
- Lithuanian: “Kankano regionas”
- Malay: “Kankan Region”
- Marathi: “काकण प्रदेश”
- N'Ko: “ߞߊ߲ߞߊ߲߫ ߕߌ߲߬ߞߎߘߎ߲”
- Northern Frisian: “Kankan”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Kankan”
- Norwegian: “Kankan”
- Oromo: “Naannoo Kankan”
- Panjabi: “ਕਾਨਕਾਨ ਖੇਤਰ”
- Persian: “ناحیه کانکان”
- Polish: “Kankan”
- Portuguese: “Cancã”
- Portuguese: “Kankan”
- Pushto: “د کانکان سیمه”
- Romanian: “Regiunea Kankan”
- Russian: “Канкан”
- Sinhala: “කන්කන් කලාපය”
- Somali: “Gobolka Kankan”
- Spanish: “Kankan”
- Spanish: “Región de Kankan”
- Swahili: “Mkoa wa Kankan”
- Swedish: “Kankan Region”
- Swedish: “Kankan”
- Tajik: “Минтақаи Қанқан”
- Tamil: “கங்கன் பகுதி”
- Tatar: “Канкан регионы”
- Telugu: “కంకన్ ప్రాంతం”
- Thai: “กานกาน”
- Turkish: “Kankan Bölgesi”
- Ukrainian: “Канкан”
- Urdu: “کانکان ریجن”
- Urdu: “کانکان علاقہ”
- Uzbek: “Qanqan mintaqasi”
- Vietnamese: “Khu vực Kankan”
- Wu Chinese: “康康大区”
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