town, western Guinea. It is situated at the junction of trade routes from Kindia, Pita, Gaoual, and Boké. A trading centre (cattle, rice, millet, and oranges) for the Muslim Fulani (Peul) people of the Fouta Djallon plateau, it is also a regional collecting point for livestock sent to the market in Conakry, the national capital (105 miles 【169 km】 south-southwest). Pop. (1996) 11,091.