Macenta
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| Macenta | |
| — Sub-prefecture and town — | |
  Macenta
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| Coordinates: 8°33′N 9°28′W / 8.55°N 9.467°W | |
| Country |  Guinea |
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| Region | Nzérékoré Region |
| Prefecture | Macenta Prefecture |
| Population (2008 est.) | |
| - Total | 88,376 |
Macenta is a town in southeastern Guinea, founded by the Toma people. Population 88,376 (2008 est). [1]
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[edit] History
Conquered by the French, it was attacked by Liberia in 2000 (17th of September).
[edit] Geography
Macenta is the capital of the Macenta Prefecture in southeastern Guinea. It is located in the Guinea highlands (at 2,033 feet (620 m)) on the road from Nzérékoré to Guéckédou. The Nianda River joins the Makonda River near Macenta. [2]
[edit] Economy
Macenta is the major trading market town for tea, coffee, rice, cassava, kola nuts, and 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 [3]. A trade in smuggling is believed to have developed in Macenta.
The town is served by Macenta Airport.
[edit] References
- ^ World Gazetteer, Retrieved on June 16, 2008
- ^ Anderson, Ewan.W.. International Boundaries: A Geopolitical Atlas By Ewan W. Anderson (2003). Routledge. p. 939. ISBN 157958375X. http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=E7-menNPxREC&pg=PA489&dq=macenta+guinea&sig=RX1RmZ8eYB5H0SXbofGhzzICZCY#PPA489,M1. Retrieved on 2008-06-16.
- ^ Encyclopedia Britanica, Retrieved on June 16, 2008
[edit] External links
Coordinates: 08°33′N 09°28′W / 8.55°N 9.467°W
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