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Boké
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Boké is the capital city of Boké Prefecture within the Boké Region of Lower Guinea near the border with Guinea-Bissau. It is also a sub-prefecture of Guinea. Located along the Rio Nuñez which flows to its not-too-distant mouth on the Atlantic Ocean, Boké is a port. It is known for the Boké Museum, formerly a slave fort. The town is served by Boké Baralande Airport. As of 2014 the city and surrounding sub-prefecture had a population of 61,449 people.
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Place details
- Locality
- Boké
- Region
- Boké
- Country
- Guinée
- Population
- 63,736
- Timezone
- Africa/Conakry
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Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Boké
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Urban Sub-prefecture and city
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Guinea
- Settlement.pushpin_mapsize
- 300
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- bottom
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Guinea
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Region
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Boké Region
- Settlement.leader_title
- Mayor
- Settlement.leader_name
- Mohamed Tawel Camara
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2014
- Settlement.population_total
- 61,449
- Settlement.population_blank1_title
- Ethnicities
- Settlement.population_blank2_title
- Religions
- Settlement.elevation_m
- 30
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Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Boké
- Population
- 130944
- Elevation
- 30
- Image
- Musée de Boké.jpg
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- Commons category
- Boké
- male population
- 18755
- female population
- 18625
- native label
- Boké
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- History
- Climate
- References
- Notes
- Sources
Boké is the capital city of Boké Prefecture within the Boké Region of Lower Guinea near the border with Guinea-Bissau. It is also a sub-prefecture of Guinea. Located along the Rio Nuñez which flows to its not-too-distant mouth on the Atlantic Ocean, Boké is a port. It is known for the Boké Museum, formerly a slave fort. The town is served by Boké Baralande Airport. As of 2014 the city and surrounding sub-prefecture had a population of 61,449 people.
== History == According to the Encyclopædia Britannica, 11th edition:
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