Mandiana is a town located in eastern Guinea. It is the capital of

Mandiana Prefecture Mandiana is a prefecture located in the Kankan Region of Guinea. The capital is Mandiana. The prefecture covers an area of 12,825 km.² and has a population of 335,999. Sub-prefectures The prefecture is divided administratively into 12 ...

. As of 2014 the town and surrounding sub-prefecture had a population of 25,791 people. There are notable

gold Gold is a chemical element with the symbol Au (from la, aurum) and atomic number 79. This makes it one of the higher atomic number elements that occur naturally. It is a bright, slightly orange-yellow, dense, soft, malleable, and ductile me ...

reserves in the area. It is part of the

Birimian The Birimian rocks are major sources of gold and diamonds that extend through Ghana, Côte d'Ivoire, Guinea, Mali and Burkina Faso. They are named after the Birim River, one of the main tributaries of the Pra River in Ghana and the country's m ...

rocks, of the Ashanti Gold Belt. It is situated in the Bougouni basin and is underlain by sedimentary rocks of the Upper Birimian Group. The Morila-Syama Gold Belt (known as Morila mine) is located towards the east of the Bougouni basin and is one of the largest gold mines in the area.

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Article on gold mining in Mandiana
Sub-prefectures of the Kankan Region {{Guinea-geo-stub