Banian, Guinea

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Banian is a town and sub-prefecture in the Faranah Prefecture in the Faranah Region of Guinea.{{cite web|url=http://www.statoids.com/ygn.html|title=Subprefectures of Guinea|publisher=Statoids|accessdate=April 19, 2009}} As of 2014 it had a population of 36,445 people.{{cite web|url=http://www.geohive.com/cntry/guinea.aspx|title=Guinea|publisher= Institut National de la Statistique, Guinea, accessed via Geohive|accessdate=12 September 2014}}