Boké Region

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Boké
Region
Boké Region in Guinea
Country	Guinea
Regional capital	Boké
Area
• Total	31,186 km2 (12,041 sq mi)
Population  (2014 census)
• Total	1,559,185
• Density	50/km2 (130/sq mi)
HDI (2017)	0.481[1] low · 2nd of 8

Boké Region (N'Ko: ߓߏ߬ߞߋ߫ ߕߌ߲߬ߞߎߘߎ߲) is located in western Guinea. It is bordered by the countries of Senegal and Guinea-Bissau and the Guinean regions of Kindia and Labé. Its capital is the city of Boké.

Administrative divisions

Boké Region is divided into five prefectures; which are further sub-divided into 37 sub-prefectures:

• Boffa Prefecture (8 sub-prefectures)
• Boké Prefecture (10 sub-prefectures)
• Fria Prefecture (4 sub-prefectures)
• Gaoual Prefecture (8 sub-prefectures)
• Koundara Prefecture (7 sub-prefectures)

Mining reserves

Boké Region is the home to a great part of Guinea's aluminium (or bauxite) reserves. At least two of the country's largest mining facilities are located there:

• Compagnie des Bauxites de Guinée, or CBG, which is operated by Halco Mining, an international and intercorporate aluminium mining entity.
• Alumina Company of Guinea, or ACG, operating the Friguia bauxite-alumina complex in Fria Prefecture.

See also

• Aluminium in Africa
• Regions of Guinea