Koundara

Koundara is the first major town when coming via N5 from Senegal or via N9 from Guinea-Bissau. In 2014, it was home to about 27,000 people.
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Koundara

Latitude
12.4852° or 12° 29′ 7″ north
Longitude
-13.2985° or 13° 17′ 55″ west
Population
16,300
Elevation
77 metres (253 feet)
IATA airport code
SBI
United Nations Location Code
GN SBI
Open location code
7C48FPP2+3H
Open­Street­Map ID
node 496398752
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2418596
Wiki­data ID
Q985374
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Twi—“Koundara” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: كوندارا
  • Bulgarian: Кундара
  • Cebuano: Koundara (kapital sa prepektura sa Guinea)
  • Cebuano: Koundara
  • Dutch: Koundara
  • Egyptian Arabic: كوندارا
  • Finnish: Koundara
  • French: Koundara
  • Ga: Koundara
  • German: Koundara
  • Ghanaian Pidgin English: Koundara
  • Hausa: Koundara
  • Irish: Koundara
  • Italian: Koundara
  • Japanese: クンダラ
  • Malay: Koundara
  • Polish: Koundara
  • Russian: Кундара
  • Spanish: Koundara
  • Swedish: Koundara (prefekturhuvudort i Guinea)
  • Swedish: Koundara
  • Twi: Koundara

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