Haute Guinee

Haute Guinee is a region of Guinea. It is composed of the Faranah and Kankan administrative regions of Guinea, and was home to about 3 million people in 2014.

Cities

🌍 Kankan — the second city of Guinea, after Conakry, on the road from Conakry to Bamako

Other destinations

🌍 National Park of the Upper Niger — protects important tracts of forest and savannah

Understand

This region borders Mali and is distinctly drier than other parts of the country, sub-Sahelian in nature. It is home to the Malinke people and includes all of Kankan and Faranah provinces.

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