The Communes of Guinea or sub prefectures, known in French as sous-prefectures, are the third-level administrative divisions in Guinea. As of 2009 there were 303 rural communes of Guinea and 38 urban communes, 5 of which compose the Conakry greater urban area.
subdivisions, guinea, guinea, divided, into, four, natural, regions, with, distinct, human, geographic, climatic, characteristics, maritime, guinea, guinée, maritime, covers, country, middle, guinea, moyenne, guinée, covers, country, upper, guinea, haute, guin. Guinea is divided into four natural regions with distinct human geographic and climatic characteristics Maritime Guinea La Guinee Maritime covers 34 of the country Middle Guinea La Moyenne Guinee covers 20 of the country Upper Guinea La Haute Guinee covers 38 of the country Forested Guinea Guinee Forestiere covers 23 of the country and is both forested and mountainousGuinea s natural regions of Maritime Middle Upper and Forested Contents 1 Government divisions 1 1 Regions 1 2 Prefectures 1 3 Sub prefectures 2 See also 3 ReferencesGovernment divisions editRegions edit Further information Regions of Guinea nbsp Regions of Guinea Guinea is divided into seven administrative regions The national capital Conakry ranks as a special zone Region Capital Area km2 Population 2014 census Conakry Region Conakry 450 1 660 973Nzerekore Region Nzerekore 37 658 1 527 030Kankan Region Kankan 72 145 1 972 537Kindia Region Kindia 28 873 1 561 374Boke Region Boke 31 186 1 083 147Labe Region Labe 22 869 994 458Faranah Region Faranah 35 581 941 554Mamou Region Mamou 17 074 731 188The capital Conakry with a population of 1 660 973 ranks as a special zone Prefectures edit Further information Prefectures of Guinea Guinea s regions are subdivided into thirty three prefectures and one special zone Conakry nbsp Prefectures of Guinea Beyla Boffa Boke Conakry Coyah Dabola Dalaba Dinguiraye Dubreka Faranah Forecariah Fria Gaoual Gueckedou Kankan Kerouane Kindia Kissidougou Koubia Koundara Kouroussa Labe Lelouma Lola Macenta Mali Mamou Mandiana Nzerekore Pita Siguiri Telimele Tougue Yomou Sub prefectures edit Further information Sub prefectures of Guinea The Communes of Guinea or sub prefectures known in French as sous prefectures are the third level administrative divisions in Guinea As of 2009 there were 303 rural communes of Guinea and 38 urban communes 5 of which compose the Conakry greater urban area nbsp See also editGeography of Guinea List of regions of Guinea by Human Development IndexReferences edit Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Subdivisions of Guinea amp oldid 1215283828, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
