Koundara

Koundara
Koundara
	Sub-prefecture and town
	Koundara Location in Guinea
	Coordinates: 12°29′N13°18′W / 12.483°N 13.300°W
Country	Guinea
Region	Boké Region
Prefecture	Koundara Prefecture
Population (2014 census)
• Total	27,433

Last updated September 25, 2019

Koundara is a town in northwestern Guinea. It is the capital of Koundara Prefecture. The town is served by Sambailo Airport. As of 2014 it had a population of 27,433 people.^[1]

Guinea, officially the Republic of Guinea, is a west-coastal country in West Africa. Formerly known as French Guinea, the modern country is sometimes referred to as Guinea-Conakry in order to distinguish it from other countries with "Guinea" in the name and the eponymous region, such as Guinea-Bissau and Equatorial Guinea. Guinea has a population of 12.4 million and an area of 245,860 square kilometres (94,927 sq mi).

Koundara Prefecture Prefecture in Boké Region, Guinea

Koundara is a prefecture located in the Boké Region of Guinea. The capital is Koundara. The prefecture covers an area of 5,238 km² (2,022 sq mi) and has a population of 130,205.

Sambailo Airport is an airport serving Koundara, a town in the Boké Region of Guinea. It is 11 kilometres (6.8 mi) northwest of Koundara, at the village of Sambailo.

Climate

Koundara has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen climate classification Aw).

Tropical savanna climate or tropical wet and dry climate is a type of climate that corresponds to the Köppen climate classification categories "Aw" and "As". Tropical savanna climates have monthly mean temperatures above 18 °C in every month of the year and typically a pronounced dry season, with the driest month having less than 60 mm of precipitation and also less than $of precipitation$

The Köppen climate classification is one of the most widely used climate classification systems. It was first published by the German-Russian climatologist Wladimir Köppen (1846–1940) in 1884, with several later modifications by Köppen, notably in 1918 and 1936. Later, the climatologist Rudolf Geiger introduced some changes to the classification system, which is thus sometimes called the Köppen–Geiger climate classification system.

Climate data for Koundara
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Average high °C (°F)	34.2 (93.6)	36.5 (97.7)	38.4 (101.1)	39.3 (102.7)	38.1 (100.6)	33.9 (93.0)	31.1 (88.0)	30.6 (87.1)	31.2 (88.2)	32.3 (90.1)	33.3 (91.9)	33.7 (92.7)	34.4 (93.9)
Average low °C (°F)	16.7 (62.1)	19.4 (66.9)	22.1 (71.8)	24.1 (75.4)	24.9 (76.8)	23.6 (74.5)	22.3 (72.1)	22.4 (72.3)	22.3 (72.1)	22.7 (72.9)	20.2 (68.4)	15.7 (60.3)	21.4 (70.5)
Average rainfall mm (inches)	0.0 (0.0)	0.2 (0.01)	0.3 (0.01)	1.8 (0.07)	49.2 (1.94)	137.2 (5.40)	250.1 (9.85)	305.1 (12.01)	262.7 (10.34)	82.2 (3.24)	9.2 (0.36)	0.1 (0.00)	1,098.1 (43.23)
Average rainy days	0	1	1	1	3	10	14	17	17	6	1	1	72
Source: World Meteorological Organization ^[2]

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References

↑ "Guinea". Institut National de la Statistique, Guinea, accessed via Geohive. Archived from the original on 24 November 2015. Retrieved 27 August 2014.
↑ "World Weather Information Service — Koundara". World Meteorological Organization. Retrieved October 19, 2015.

Coordinates: 12°29′N13°18′W / 12.483°N 13.300°W / 12.483; -13.300

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[1] "Guinea". Institut National de la Statistique, Guinea, accessed via Geohive. Archived from the original on 24 November 2015. Retrieved 27 August 2014.

[WMO-2] "World Weather Information Service — Koundara". World Meteorological Organization. Retrieved October 19, 2015.

v t e Koundara Prefecture
Capital: Koundara
Sub-prefectures	Koundara-Centre Guingan Kamaby Sambailo Saréboido Termesse Youkounkoun

Koundara
Sub-prefecture and town
Koundara Location in Guinea
Coordinates: 12°29′N13°18′W / 12.483°N 13.300°W / 12.483; -13.300
Country	Guinea
Region	Boké Region
Prefecture	Koundara Prefecture
Population (2014 census)
• Total	27,433