Boffa is a town and

sub-prefecture A subprefecture is an administrative division of a country that is below prefecture or province. Albania There are twelve Albanian counties or prefectures, each of which is divided into several districts, sometimes translated as subprefecture ...

located on

Guinea Guinea ( ),, fuf, 𞤘𞤭𞤲𞤫, italic=no, Gine, wo, Gine, nqo, ߖߌ߬ߣߍ߫, bm, Gine officially the Republic of Guinea (french: République de Guinée), is a coastal country in West Africa. It borders the Atlantic Ocean to the we ...

's coast. It is the capital of

Boffa Prefecture Boffa is a prefecture located in the Boké Region of Guinea. The capital is Boffa. The prefecture covers an area of and has a population of 212,583. Sub-prefectures The prefecture is divided administratively into 8 sub-prefectures: # Boff ...

. Boffa is the nearest town to the mouth of the River Pongo. As of 2014 it had a population of 8,631 people.

Climate

Boffa has a

tropical monsoon climate An area of tropical monsoon climate (occasionally known as a sub-equatorial, tropical wet climate or a tropical monsoon and trade-wind littoral climate) is a tropical climate sub-type that corresponds to the Köppen climate classification category ...

(

Köppen climate classification The Köppen climate classification is one of the most widely used climate classification systems. It was first published by German-Russian climatologist Wladimir Köppen (1846–1940) in 1884, with several later modifications by Köppen, notabl ...

''Am'').

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Hospitals

* Hôpital Préfectoral de Boffa ----

Houses of Worship

* Grande Mosquée de Boffa

References

Sub-prefectures of the Boké Region {{Guinea-geo-stub