![]() ![]() The city of Nzérékoré is the second largest city in Guinea, with a population of 238,928 people. The city was also a center of protests, strikes, and riots against then President Lansana Conté (1934-200) in 2007 and was one of the areas involved in the 2014 West Africa Ebola outbreak. The city has seen its fair share of violence and problems over the last two decades as the fighting from the Sierra Leone Civil War (1991-2002) and the Second Liberian Civil War (1999-2003) spilled over heavily into the area in 20. The city is most well known for its large market that takes place every week and attracts traders and visitors from across the southern part of the country as well as the neighboring countries of Liberia, Sierra Leone, and Côte d'Ivoire. The population of Guéckédou has almost tripled in the last twenty years as the greater population of the country has increased by close to 4 million over that time. The city is located in the Guéckédou Prefecture of the Nzérékoré region in the southern part of the country. The city of Guéckédou is the third largest city in Guinea, with a population of 221,715 people. Guinea gained independence from France in 1958, and today it is a majorly French-speaking nation that mostly relies on mineral production and agriculture for its economy. ![]() Guinea encompasses 94,927 square miles (245,860 square kilometers) in size and has a population of around 11.75 million people. The country of Guinea is located in West Africa, sitting along the coastline of the Gulf of Guinea and the greater Atlantic Ocean. ![]()
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