Coyah 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 in western

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 ...

. It is the capital of

Coyah Prefecture Coyah is a prefecture located in the Kindia Region of Guinea. The capital is Coyah Coyah is a town and sub-prefecture located in western Guinea. It is the capital of Coyah Prefecture. Its population is 77,103 (2008 est).World Gazetteer
, Retrieved on June 16, 2008 Coyah, Guinea

Notable people

Karim Bangoura Karim Bangoura (c. 1926 – 1972) was a Guinean diplomat. Born into a notable Susu family in Coyah in the mid-1920s, Bangoura was originally a school teacher and was an important member of the African Bloc of Guinea. Until 1958, he was a repr ...

(c.1926-1972), diplomat * Achkar Marof (1930-1971), diplomat * Kabèlè Abdoul Camara (1950-), diplomat

References

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