Kamsar is a
port
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city in
Guinea, West Africa. It is also a
Sub-prefecture of Guinea. It is located on the mouth of the
Nunez River
Nunez River or Rio Nuñez (Kakandé) is a river in Guinea with its source in the Futa Jallon highlands. It is also known as the Tinguilinta River, after a village along its upper course.
Geography
Lying between the to the north and the Pongo ...
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Port Kamsar handles significant part of the world's bauxite production. Ships calling Port Kamsar and going direct to the quay of Guinea Bauxite Company for loading
bauxites are limited to
length overall (LOA) 229m. Ship length restrictions led to appearance of the new dry bulk carrier categories - Kamsarmax.
Transport
It has a
standard gauge railway line feeding
bauxite
Bauxite is a sedimentary rock with a relatively high aluminium content. It is the world's main source of aluminium and gallium. Bauxite consists mostly of the aluminium minerals gibbsite (Al(OH)3), boehmite (γ-AlO(OH)) and diaspore (α-AlO ...
from the mine at
Sangarédi
Sangarédi is a mining town and sub-prefecture in western Guinea, where bauxite is mined. The ore is shipped by a railway to the Atlantic coast port of Kamsar
Kamsar is a port city in Guinea, West Africa. It is also a Sub-prefecture of Gui ...
to the port.
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The city is served by
Kawass Airport
Kawass Airport is an airport serving Port Kamsar on the Atlantic coast of Guinea. The airport is inland from the city.
The Kamsar non-directional beacon (Ident: KAM) is west of the airport.
See also
*Transport in Guinea
Transport in Guine ...
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Climate
Kamsar 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 ...
(Am) with little to no rainfall from December to April and heavy to extremely heavy rainfall from June to October with moderate rainfall in May and November.
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Hospitals
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Hôpital ANAIM
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Centre de Santé de Kassapô
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Mathematics
*Center (geometry), the middle of an object
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Places of Worship
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Mosquée CBG
* Église St. Jean Baptiste
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Mosquée Bagataye
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Mosquée Bas-Fond
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Mosquée Siminoune
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See also
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Transport in Guinea
Transport in Guinea is composed by a variety of systems that people in the country use to get around as well as to and from domestic and international destinations. The railway from Conakry to Kankan ceased operating in the mid-1980s. Most vehic ...
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Railway stations in Guinea
Railway stations in Guinea include:
Maps
UNHCR Atlas Map (2004)shows topography.
UN mapshows provinces; towns; railways
ReliefWeb Map - Topography and RailReliefWeb Map - Population density and Roads - also shows line parameters
* Interactive ...
External links
Rail Map (gray line)
References
Sub-prefectures of the Boké Region
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