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Kankan (14604699012)
city

The city was founded in 1690 by Daouda Kaba.

Kankan
Guinea
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Kankan

Guinea

Country
Guinea
Population
228.0K
Coordinates
10.38, -9.30
761st most populous city in the world

Kankan is the largest city in Guinea in land area, and the second largest in population, with a population of 410,542 people as at the Census of 1 July 2025. The city is located in eastern Guinea about 555 kilometres east of the national capital Conakry.

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Photo: Maarten van der Bent · CC BY-SA 2.0