Mamou

Mamou grew around the railway line from Conakry to Kankan and became the local administrative headquarters.

Until the 1990s, Mamou's main industry was meat processing.

All vehicles going to the Fouta Jallon, the forest region, or Haute Guinée have to travel through Mamou.

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

Fatoumata Barry is noted as Guinea's first woman architect.