Conakry

Conakry

city

Official name	Conakry, ߞߐߣߊߞߙߌ߫
Native label	Conakry, ߞߐߣߊߞߙߌ߫, Kɔnakiri, 𞤑𞤮𞤲𞤢𞥄𞤳𞤭𞤪𞤭
Demonym	Conakrienne, Conakrien, ߞߐߣߊߞߙߌߞߊ
Paaloŋ	Guinea
Capital of	Guinea
Located in the administrative territorial entity	Conakry Region
Located in time zone	Greenwich Mean Time
Located in or next to body of water	Atlantic Ocean
Coordinate location	9°30′33″N 13°42′44″W
Head of government	M'Mahawa Sylla
Twinned administrative body	Freetown, Cleveland, Dakar
Shares border with	Kindia Region, Dubréka Prefecture
Language used	French, Guinean Sign Language
Postal code	001
History of topic	timeline of Conakry
Local dialing code	3041, 3043, 3045, 3047

Conakry (/ˈkɒnəkri/ KON-ə-kree, French: [kɔnakʁi]; Susu: Kɔnakiri; N'Ko: ߞߐߣߊߞߙߌ߫, romanized: Kɔnakrí; Fula: 𞤑𞤮𞤲𞤢𞥄𞤳𞤭𞤪𞤭, romanized: Konaakiri) e la kapital ko a teŋkpoŋ naŋ be a Guinea. A port teŋɛ, o e la zie ko a economic, financial ane saakonnoŋ zie ko a Guinea. A o noba yagroŋ noɔre a 2014 Guinea noba yagroŋ da la 1,660,973.

A pampana noba yagroŋ a Conakry eɛ kpeɛŋaa ka neɛ baŋ, kyɛ ka a naŋ wuli gba ka U.S. Department ko a State's Bureau ko African Affairs da duori o la gaaneŋ miliyɔɔ ayi, naŋ boɔrɔ kyue ayoɔbo ko a teŋɛ noba yagroŋ.

Geography

Climate

Climate data for Conakry (1991–2020)
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)	31.6 (88.9)	31.9 (89.4)	32.2 (90.0)	32.3 (90.1)	31.9 (89.4)	30.3 (86.5)	28.8 (83.8)	28.4 (83.1)	29.5 (85.1)	30.4 (86.7)	31.4 (88.5)	31.8 (89.2)	30.9 (87.6)
Daily mean °C (°F)	26.9 (80.4)	27.6 (81.7)	28.2 (82.8)	28.4 (83.1)	28.3 (82.9)	27.0 (80.6)	25.9 (78.6)	25.7 (78.3)	26.3 (79.3)	26.8 (80.2)	27.7 (81.9)	27.6 (81.7)	27.2 (81.0)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)	22.3 (72.1)	23.2 (73.8)	24.1 (75.4)	24.6 (76.3)	24.6 (76.3)	23.6 (74.5)	23.1 (73.6)	23.1 (73.6)	23.2 (73.8)	23.2 (73.8)	24.1 (75.4)	23.3 (73.9)	23.5 (74.3)
Average precipitation mm (inches)	2.5 (0.10)	1.4 (0.06)	3.4 (0.13)	17.9 (0.70)	112.5 (4.43)	433.6 (17.07)	1,082.6 (42.62)	1,142.1 (44.96)	555.2 (21.86)	293.2 (11.54)	80.0 (3.15)	5.5 (0.22)	3,729.9 (146.85)
Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm)	0.3	0.2	0.5	2.0	8.5	19.2	26.4	28.2	23.0	17.0	5.2	0.4	130.9
Average relative humidity (%)	71	70	68	70	74	81	85	87	85	81	79	73	77
Mean monthly sunshine hours	223	224	251	222	208	153	109	87	135	189	207	214	2,222
Source: NOAA (humidity, sun 1961–1990)

Architecture

• Palais Mohammed V [fr]
• Presidential Palace
• Palais du Peuple

Hospitals

• Donka Hospital
• Ignace Deen Hospital
• Clinique Ambroise Paré
• Clinique Pasteur

Culture

• Sandervalia National Museum
• National Library of Guinea and National Archives of Guinea
• Camp Boiro
• Monument du 22 Novembre 1970

Universities ane zannoo yeltare

• Collège Gbessia Centre
• Collège-Lycée Sainte-Marie
• Gamal Abdel Nasser University (Institut Polytechnique de Conakry)
• Institut Géographique National (Guinea)
• Université Kofi Annan
• Lycée français Albert Camus

Parks ane gardens

• Jardin 2 Octobre
• Conakry Botanical Garden

Nembanne

• Hadji Barry, professional footballer
• Mamadi Diakite, NBA basketball player ko a New York Knicks
• Maciré Sylla, singer, dancer, author ane composer
• M'Mahawa Sylla is a Guinean army officer.
• Mamadou Diallo, footballer
• Mohamed Yattara, footballer

Meŋ kaa kyɛ

• 2007 Guinean general strike
• 2009 Guinea protest
• Île Tamara Lighthouse

Sommo mine

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• Dave, Nomi (2019) The Revolution's Echoes: Music, Politics & Pleasure in Guinea. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press.
• Thomas O'Toole, Janice E. Baker. (2005) Historical Dictionary of Guinea. Scarecrow Press.
• Philipps, Joschka (2013) Ambivalent Rage: Youth Gangs and Urban Protest in Conakry, Guinea. Harmattan Guinée.
• Cohen, Adrienne ( 2019) "Performing Excess: Urban Ceremony and the Semiotics of Precarity in Guinea-Conakry." Africa: The Journal of the International African Institute. 89 (4): 718–738.
• Odile Goerg. "Chieftainships between Past and Present: From City to Suburb and Back in Colonial Conakry, 1890s–1950s". Africa Today, Summer 2006, Vol. 52, No. 4, Pages 2–27
• Conakry the Capital: history of the city at site of expat artist.
• reprinted at guineeconakry.info (no date)
• Kids in Guinea Study Under Airport Lamps, RUKMINI CALLIMACHI The Associated Press, Thursday, 19 July 2007.
• Archdiocese of Conakry: history and structure (at catholic-hierarchy.org)
• Guinea's Telecommunication Infrastructure, United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA), 1999 figures.

ziiri mine liŋkiri

• Conakry-based news portal
• Le Jour Guinée
• Office National du Tourisme, République du Guinée.
• l'Université Kofi Annan de Guinée (UNIKAG)
• Satellite image of Conakry and the Kaloum Peninsula, from the European Space Agency's Envisat: image description at http://www.esa.int/esaEO/SEMAV21XDYD_index_1.html.
• Moussa Dadis Camara speaks to Radio France Internationale after Conakry massacre