Fouta Djallon
Fouta Djallon ( ff, 今兮丐 丐中亢, Fuuta Jaloo; ar, 堛塈 堿塈) is a Highland (geography), highland region in the center of Guinea, roughly corresponding with Middle Guinea, in West Africa.
Etymology
The Ful ...
highlands of
Guinea
Guinea ( ),, fuf, 五仆井, italic=no, Gine, wo, Gine, nqo, 葶舝葖, bm, Gine officially the Republic of Guinea (french: R矇publique de Guin矇e), is a coastal country in West Africa. It borders the Atlantic Ocean to the we ...
. It is the capital and largest urban center of the
Pita Prefecture
Pita ( Pular: 丐中五云井 五兮丐) is a prefecture located in the Mamou Region of Guinea. The capital is Pita. The prefecture covers an area of 4,320 km.簡 and has an estimated population of 266,000.
Sub-prefec ...
.
Location
Pita is located in the Pita Prefecture in the
Mamou Region
Mamou Region ( Pular: 五仃丐中 丐丰今仆) is located in central Guinea. It is bordered by the country of Sierra Leone and the Guinean regions of Faranah Region, Faranah, Lab矇, and Kindia.
Administrative divisio ...
, in central Guinea. This is approximately northwest of the city of
Conakry
Conakry (; ; sus, Knakiri; Nko: 舝葖, Fula: ''Konaakiri'' 亢仆丐仇五云五) is the capital and largest city of Guinea. A port city, it serves as the economic, financial and cultural centre of Guinea. Its p ...
, the country's capital.
Th geographical coordinates of the town are 11簞03'16.0"N, 12簞23'46.0"W (Latitude:11.054444; Longitude:-12.396111). The town is located at an average elevation of above
mean sea level
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.
Overview
The town is known for its
bakeries
A bakery is an establishment that produces and sells flour-based food baked in an oven such as bread, cookies, cakes, donuts, pastries, and pies. Some retail bakeries are also categorized as caf矇s, serving coffee and tea to customers who wish ...
and for
waterfall
A waterfall is a point in a river or stream where water flows over a vertical drop or a series of steep drops. Waterfalls also occur where meltwater drops over the edge of a tabular iceberg or ice shelf.
Waterfalls can be formed in several wa ...
s including the ''Kinkon Falls'' and the ''Kambadaga Falls''. Tourists often visit the town market on their journey to and/or from the mountains and/or the waterfalls.
Transport
A good national road (N5) leads north to the city of
Lab矇
Lab矇 ( Pular 今中丐云:丐丹井) is the main city and administrative capital of the Fouta Djallon region of Guinea. It has a population of about 200,000. It is the second largest city in the country after the capital Conakry ...
, and then south, through
Dalaba
Dalaba ( Pular : 丐中丐丹丐) is a town and sub-prefecture in the Dalaba Prefecture in the Mamou Region of Guinea.
It was once home to a sanatorium, and to Miriam Makeba, who last visited the town in 1988, when she came to see ...
to Mamou City.
Electricity
In September 2019, the French civil engineering and construction company Eiffage International, presented the feasibility study for Pita Hydroelectric Power Station. This power station, with generation capacity of 40 megawatts is planned across the ''F矇tor矇 River'', near Pita, Guinea. Due to the seasonality of that river, plans are underway to build an associated solar power station to complement the seasonal hydroelectric dam.
Population
The national census of 31 December 1996 put the population of Pita (Pita-Centre) at 19,489 people. On 1 March 2014, the national census enumerated the population of Pita at 28,124 inhabitants.
Language
People in Pita usually speak the
Pular language
Pular () is a Fula language spoken primarily by the Fula people of Fouta Djallon, Guinea. It is also spoken in parts of Guinea-Bissau, Sierra Leone, and Senegal. There are a small number of speakers in Mali. Pular is spoken by 8.5 million Gui ...
, a
Fulani
The Fula, Fulani, or Fule people ( ff, Fule, ; french: Peul, links=no; ha, Fulani or Hilani; pt, Fula, links=no; wo, P禱l; bm, Fulaw) are one of the largest ethnic groups in the Sahel and West Africa, widely dispersed across the region. ...
dialect that is spoken by 8.5 million people in Guinea's
Fouta Djallon
Fouta Djallon ( ff, 今兮丐 丐中亢, Fuuta Jaloo; ar, 堛塈 堿塈) is a Highland (geography), highland region in the center of Guinea, roughly corresponding with Middle Guinea, in West Africa.
Etymology
The Ful ...
region and by communities in the neighboring countries of
Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone,)]. officially the Republic of Sierra Leone, is a country on the southwest coast of West Africa. It is bordered by Liberia to the southeast and Guinea surrounds the northern half of the nation. Covering a total area of , Sierra ...
and
Guinea-Bissau
Guinea-Bissau ( ; pt, Guin矇-Bissau; ff, italic=no, 五仆井 五之丐仃亢, Gine-Bisaawo, script=Adlm; Mandinka: ''Gine-Bisawo''), officially the Republic of Guinea-Bissau ( pt, Rep繳blica da Guin矇-Bissau, links=no ) ...
Sub-prefectures of Guinea
The sub-prefectures (known in French as ''sous-prefectures'') are the third-level administrative divisions in Guinea. As of 2009 there were 303 rural sub-prefectures of Guinea and 38 urban sub-prefectures, 5 of which compose the Conakry greater urb ...