Country Guinea Local time Saturday 2:47 AM | Elevation 582 m Prefecture Faranah Prefecture | |
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Weather 24°C, Wind SW at 14 km/h, 62% Humidity | ||
Kalia is one of two towns in Guinea with this name. This is the one in Faranah Prefecture. It is east of the capital Conakry near Faranah and near to the border with Sierra Leone.
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Map of Kalia, Guinea
Namesake
The namesake town in Kalia, Gaoual, Guinea.
Mining
There are iron ore deposits nearby. The exploration company is Bellzone.
The port would be at Matakong.
A heavy duty standard gauge common user railway, shared with amongst others the Simandou (South) mine and Faranah mines, would be built. The loaded trains will weigh about 20,000 t and there will also be fuel and container trains.
References
Kalia, Faranah Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA