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Conakry city overview
Conakry is a city in Guinea shaped by its region, population, local economy, landmarks, climate and civic history. This overview summarizes the city itself: where it sits, what defines it, which places anchor its identity and why it matters within the wider country.
City facts
Known forConakry, Capital city in Guinea, Conakry planning base 3, Conakry planning base 4
RegionGuineaGuinea
Time zoneAfrica/Conakrylocal time
Founded1885historical origin
City history
In 1885, the two island villages of Conakry and Boubinet had fewer than 500 inhabitants.
The city was essentially founded after Britain ceded the island to France in 1887.
Conakry became the capital of French Guinea in 1904, and prospered as an export port, particularly after a railway (now closed) to Kankan opened up the interior of the country for the large-scale export.
In the decades after Guinea gained independence in 1958, the population of Conakry boomed, from 50,000 inhabitants in 1958 to 600,000 in 1980 to more than 3.4 million today.
In 1970, conflict between Portuguese forces and the belligerent PAIGC independence campaigners in neighbouring Portuguese Guinea (now Guinea-Bissau) spilled into the Republic of Guinea when a group of 350 Portuguese troops and Guinean loyalists.
According to human rights groups, 157 people died during the 2009 Guinea protest when the military junta opened fire against tens of thousands of protesters in the city on 28 September 2009.
The city's small land area and relative isolation from the mainland, while an advantage to its colonial founders, has created an infrastructural burden since independence.
Camp Boiro, a feared concentration camp during the rule of Sekou Touré, was located in Conakry.
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Conakry
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Capital city in Guinea
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Stay overview
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Hotels & areas
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Transport notes
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Crowds
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