Macenta
{{Short description|City in southern Guinea}}
Macenta is one of fourteen cities in the country of Guinea, West Africa,{{Cite web |title=Guinea (08/09) |url=https://2009-2017.state.gov/outofdate/bgn/guinea/128579.htm |access-date=2023-12-19 |website=U.S. Department of State}} in the south of the country. It is the capital of the Macenta Prefecture, the Nzérékoré Region situated in the southeastern border of the country. {{Infobox settlement
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Geography
Macenta is the capital of the Macenta Prefecture in southeastern Guinea. It is located in the Guinea Highlands at an elevation of {{convert|620|m}}, between the road from Nzérékoré to Guéckédou. The Nianda River joins the Makonda River near Macenta.{{cite book |last=Anderson |first= Ewan.W.|title=International Boundaries: A Geopolitical Atlas By Ewan W. Anderson (2003) |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=E7-menNPxREC&q=macenta+guinea&pg=PA489|access-date= 2008-06-16|publisher=Routledge |isbn= 1-57958-375-X |page= 939|year= 2003}} Macenta is also located near the border of Liberia.
=Climate=
Macenta has a tropical monsoon climate (Köppen climate classification Am).
{{Weather box|width = auto
|location = Macenta
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|Jan high C = 34.0
|Feb high C = 35.2
|Mar high C = 34.7
|Apr high C = 33.0
|May high C = 32.7
|Jun high C = 31.5
|Jul high C = 30.1
|Aug high C = 29.7
|Sep high C = 31.0
|Oct high C = 30.2
|Nov high C = 31.6
|Dec high C = 32.2
|year high C = 32.2
|Jan mean C = 22.6
|Feb mean C = 24.6
|Mar mean C = 25.6
|Apr mean C = 25.6
|May mean C = 25.2
|Jun mean C = 24.4
|Jul mean C = 23.7
|Aug mean C = 23.7
|Sep mean C = 24.5
|Oct mean C = 24.4
|Nov mean C = 24.0
|Dec mean C = 22.7
|year mean C = 24.2
|Jan low C = 9.5
|Feb low C = 11.4
|Mar low C = 14.4
|Apr low C = 17.3
|May low C = 17.9
|Jun low C = 17.6
|Jul low C = 17.9
|Aug low C = 18.3
|Sep low C = 17.7
|Oct low C = 17.2
|Nov low C = 14.7
|Dec low C = 10.6
|year low C = 15.4
|rain colour = green
|Jan rain mm = 12
|Feb rain mm = 46
|Mar rain mm = 99
|Apr rain mm = 188
|May rain mm = 227
|Jun rain mm = 282
|Jul rain mm = 383
|Aug rain mm = 535
|Sep rain mm = 466
|Oct rain mm = 264
|Nov rain mm = 168
|Dec rain mm = 41
|Jan humidity = 72
|Feb humidity = 69
|Mar humidity = 71
|Apr humidity = 77
|May humidity = 80
|Jun humidity = 83
|Jul humidity = 85
|Aug humidity = 78
|Sep humidity = 81
|Oct humidity = 81
|Nov humidity = 81
|Dec humidity = 77
|year humidity = 78
|unit rain days = 1.0 mm
|Jan rain days = 1
|Feb rain days = 5
|Mar rain days = 8
|Apr rain days = 13
|May rain days = 15
|Jun rain days = 18
|Jul rain days = 22
|Aug rain days = 25
|Sep rain days = 22
|Oct rain days = 17
|Nov rain days = 10
|Dec rain days = 2
|source 1 = NOAA{{cite web
| url = ftp://ftp.atdd.noaa.gov/pub/GCOS/WMO-Normals/TABLES/REG__I/GW/61847.TXT
| title = Macenta Climate Normals 1961–1990
| publisher = National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
| access-date = October 19, 2015}}
|date=October 2015}}
Recent history
French colonial and settlement influx influenced by Liberians circa 2000. It is the source of the 2014 African Ebola outbreak.{{Cite web|url=http://healthmap.org/ebola/|title=Ebola Map | Virus & Contagious Disease Surveillance}}
Economy
Macenta is the major trading market town for tea, coffee, rice, cassava, shea butter extract, kola nuts, palm oil, and kernels grown nearby. A tea processing plant was built in Macenta in 1968, and the town has an agricultural research station, a sawmill, and several secondary schools.[http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9049707/Macenta Encyclopædia Britannica], Retrieved on June 16, 2008 A trade in smuggling is believed to have developed in Macenta.{{Citation needed|date=January 2022}} Tigui Mining Company, which specialises in gold and diamond extraction and is owned by former model Tigui Camara, has licenses to work on diamond extraction in the locality.{{Cite web|title=Interview avec Tiguidanke Camara, la seule femme propriétaire d’une compagnie minière en Afrique francophone|url=https://afrique.latribune.fr/think-tank/entretiens/2018-07-06/interview-avec-tiguidanke-camara-la-seule-femme-proprietaire-d-une-compagnie-miniere-en-afrique-francophone-784173.html|access-date=2022-01-25|website=La Tribune|language=fr}}
The town is served by Macenta Airport.{{Citation needed|date=January 2022}}
Hospitals
- Hôpital Préfectoral de Macenta
- Centre Medical Mission Phil Africaine
- Centre de Santé Bowa
- Centre de Santé de Patrice
Schools
- Collège de Tripo Cabar
- l'École Patrice Lumumba
- Ecole primaire de Kamandou Koura
Districts
References
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{{Macenta Prefecture}}
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