Mamou

Mamou
Sub-prefecture and town
Mamou market
Mamou Location in Guinea
Coordinates: 10°23′N 12°05′W / 10.383°N 12.083°W / 10.383; -12.083Coordinates: 10°23′N 12°05′W / 10.383°N 12.083°W / 10.383; -12.083
Country	Guinea
Region	Mamou Region
Prefecture	Mamou Prefecture
Population (2008)
• Total	76,269

Mamou is a city and sub-prefecture in a valley of the Fouta Djallon area of Guinea. Population 76,269 (2008 est).

It grew around the railway line from Conakry to Kankan and soon became the local administrative headquarters. Its main industry used to be until the 1990s decade meat processing, while it also acts as an important transport hub. All vehicles going to the Fouta Jallon, the forest region or Haute Guinée have to travel through Mamou.

There is another town in Guinea with the same name.

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