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Boké Region

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Country
  
Guinea

Area
  
31,186 km²

Regional capital
  
Boké

Team
  
Club Industriel de Kamsar

Boké Region

The Boké Region is located in western Guinea. It is bordered by the countries of Senegal and Guinea-Bissau and the Guinean regions of Kindia and Labé. Its capital is the city of Boké.

Map of Bok%C3%A9, Guinea

Prefectures of Boké Region include:

  • Boffa Prefecture
  • Boké Prefecture
  • Fria Prefecture
  • Gaoual Prefecture
  • Koundara Prefecture

    • The Boké Region is the home to a great part of Guinea's aluminium (or bauxite) reserves. At least two of the country's largest mining facilities are located there:

  • Compagnie des Bauxites de Guinée, or CBG, which is operated by Halco Mining, an international and intercorporate aluminium mining entity.
  • Alumina Company of Guinea, or ACG, operating the Friguia bauxite-alumina complex in Fria Prefecture.

    • References

    Boké Region Wikipedia
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