Sansando

Sansando
Sub-prefecture and town
Sansando is located in Guinea
Sansando
Sansando
Location in Guinea
Coordinates: 11°05′N 9°12′W / 11.083°N 9.200°W / 11.083; -9.200
Country Guinea
RegionKankan Region
PrefectureMandiana Prefecture
Population
 (2014)
 • Total
23,018
Time zoneUTC+0 (GMT)

Sansando is a town and sub-prefecture in the Mandiana Prefecture in the Kankan Region of eastern Guinea. As of 2014 it had a population of 23,018 people.

Sansando, located in the Kafo of Juma was historically an important center for the education of griots.

References

  1. ↑ "Subprefectures of Guinea". Statoids. Retrieved April 19, 2009.
  2. ↑ "Guinea". Institut National de la Statistique, Guinea, accessed via Geohive. Retrieved 12 September 2014.
  3. ↑ Person, Yves (1981). "Nyaani Mansa Mamudu et la fin de l 'empire du Mali". Le sol, la parole et l'écrit: Mélanges en hommage à Raymond Mauny, Tome II. Paris: Société française d'histoire d'outre-mer. p. 627-8. Retrieved 13 November 2024.


11°05′N 9°12′W / 11.083°N 9.200°W / 11.083; -9.200