The Nzérékoré Region () is one of the eight administrative regions of

Guinea Guinea, officially the Republic of Guinea, is a coastal country in West Africa. It borders the Atlantic Ocean to the west, Guinea-Bissau to the northwest, Senegal to the north, Mali to the northeast, Côte d'Ivoire to the southeast, and Sier ...

. Spread across an area of , its capital and largest city is Nzérékoré. Located in the south-west corner of the country, it is bordered by the countries of Sierra Leone, Liberia, and Ivory Coast, and the Guinean regions of

Kankan Kankan ( Mandingo: Kánkàn; N’ko: ߞߊ߲ߞߊ߲߫) is the largest city in Guinea in land area, and the third largest in population, with a population of 198,013 people as of 2020. The city is located in eastern Guinea about east of the ...

and Faranah.

Geography

Nzérékoré is one of the eight administrative regions of Guinea. Located in the south-west corner of the country in the geographic region of Forest Guinea, it is sread across an area of . Its capital and largest city is Nzérékoré. It is bordered by the countries of Sierra Leone, Liberia, and Ivory Coast, and the Guinean regions of

and Faranah. The topography of the region region includes several forested highlands, including the

Nimba Range The Nimba Range forms part of the southern extent of the Guinea Highlands, adjacent to the Toura Mountains. The highest peak is Mount Nimba on the border of Liberia, Ivory Coast and Guinea, at , and at the intersection of the Nimba and Toura M ...

, Simandou Massif, and Ziama Massif. The region contains the headwaters of several rivers such as the Milo, Sankarani, and Dion rivers, which flow northward to become tributaries the

Niger River The Niger River ( ; ) is the main river of West Africa, extending about . Its drainage basin is in area. Its source is in the Guinea Highlands in south-eastern Guinea near the Sierra Leone border. It runs in a crescent shape through Mali, Nige ...

. Others include the Moa, Lofa, St. Paul, St. John, Cavalla, and Sassandra rivers which flow southwards through the neighboring countries to empty into the

Atlantic Ocean The Atlantic Ocean is the second largest of the world's five borders of the oceans, oceanic divisions, with an area of about . It covers approximately 17% of Earth#Surface, Earth's surface and about 24% of its water surface area. During the ...

. Birds in the region include buff-throated sunbird, splendid starling,

woodland kingfisher The woodland kingfisher (''Halcyon senegalensis'') is a tree kingfisher that is widely distributed in Africa south of the Sahara. Taxonomy The Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus included the woodland kingfisher with the binomial nomenclature, ...

, Northern fiscal, and

village weaver The village weaver (''Ploceus cucullatus''), also known as the spotted-backed weaver or black-headed weaver (the latter leading to easy confusion with ''Ploceus melanocephalus, P. melanocephalus''), is a bird species in the family Ploceidae ...

. The region is also home to a variety of insects.

Administration

Nzérékoré Region is divided into six prefectures– Beyla, Guéckédou, Lola, Macenta, Nzérékoré, and Yomou. These are further divided into the urban commune of Nzérékoré and 66 sub-prefectures.

Demographics

As per the 2018 census, the region had a population of more than 1.57 million. The region is one of the worst affected in the longstanding ethnical and communal clashes in Guinea. The region was also affected by an outbreak of the

Ebola virus ''Orthoebolavirus zairense'' or Zaire ebolavirus, more commonly known as Ebola virus (; EBOV), is one of six known species within the genus ''Ebolavirus''. Four of the six known ebolaviruses, including EBOV, cause a severe and often fatal vira ...

in 2021.

References

Regions of Guinea {{Guinea-geo-stub

Geography

Administration

Demographics

See also

References