Womey
{{Short description|Sub-prefecture and town in Nzérékoré Region, Guinea}}
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Womey (or Womé or Ouomé) is a town and sub-prefecture in the Nzérékoré Prefecture in the Nzérékoré Region of Guinea.{{cite web|url=http://www.statoids.com/ygn.html|title=Subprefectures of Guinea|publisher=Statoids|accessdate = 9 March 2009}}
The sub-prefecture is 494 km2 in area and has a population of 13,196 (2014 census).{{cite web|url=http://www.citypopulation.de/php/guinea-admin.php?adm2id=8510|title="Womey (Sub-Prefecture)," CityPopulation.de|publisher=|accessdate = 24 November 2014}}
Incident on 16 September 2014
{{main|Womey Massacre}}
On 16 September 2014, a local Guinean government team arrived in Womey to educate the population about ebola. They were set upon by local people, and later the bodies of eight of them were found in a public latrine pit.{{cite web|url=http://guineenews.org/violences-a-womey-huit-corps-exhumes-six-interpellations-et-une-declaration-du-pm-attendue/|title="Violences à Womey : huit corps exhumés, six interpellations et une déclaration du PM attendue," Guineenews.org, 18 September 2014 (accessed 19 September 2014)|work=Guinéenews|accessdate=24 November 2014|archive-date=15 April 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170415011414/http://guineenews.org/violences-a-womey-huit-corps-exhumes-six-interpellations-et-une-declaration-du-pm-attendue/|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=http://reliefweb.int/report/guinea/ebolaguin-e-sept-personnes-disparues-en-mission-de-sensibilisation-retrouv-es-mortes|title="Ebola/Guinée : sept personnes disparues en mission de sensibilisation retrouvées mortes (gouvernement)," ReliefWeb, 18 September 2014 (accessed 19 September 2014)|work=ReliefWeb|accessdate = 24 November 2014}}[https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/to-your-health/wp/2014/09/18/missing-health-workers-in-guinea-were-educating-villagers-about-ebola-when-they-were-attacked/ "Eight dead in attack on Ebola team in Guinea. ‘Killed in cold blood.’"] Washington Post, 18 September 2014 (accessed 19 September 2014)
See also
References
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External links
- [http://www.citypopulation.de/php/guinea-admin.php?adm2id=8510 "Womey (Sub-Prefecture)," CityPopulation.de] (map)
- [http://www.ikimap.com/map/administrative-area-womey-guinea "Administrative area of Womey (Guinea)," IkiMap.com] (map)
{{Nzérékoré Prefecture}}
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Category:Sub-prefectures of the Nzérékoré Region
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