Country Guinea Local time Friday 2:49 AM Number of airports 1 | Region Nzérékoré Region Prefecture Macenta Prefecture | |
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Macenta is a town in southeastern Guinea, founded by the Toma people. Population 88,376 (2008 est).
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Map of Macenta, Guinea
Geography
Macenta is the capital of the Macenta Prefecture in southeastern Guinea is located in the Guinea Highlands (at 620 metres (2,030 ft)) on the road from Nzérékoré to Guéckédou. The Nianda River joins the Makonda River near Macenta.
Recent history
French colonial and settlement influx influenced by Liberians circa 2000. It is the source of the 2014 African Ebola outbreak.
Economy
Macenta is the major trading market town for tea, coffee, rice, cassava, shea butter extract, kola nuts, palm oil, and kernels grown in the surrounding agricultural area. A tea processing plant was built in Macenta in 1968, and the town has an agricultural research station, a sawmill, and several secondary schools. A trade in smuggling is believed to have developed in Macenta.
The town is served by Macenta Airport.