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165:. The prefecture covers an area of 14,050 km.² and has a population of 268,630. With Kouroussa town by far the largest in the Prefecture numbering only 10,000, the vast majority of the Prefecture's population live in small rural communities, making their living from subsistence and small scale cash crop agriculture, as well as small scale trade and mining. The majority of the population are members of the
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concessions near the town. The
Kouroussa area also has a long history as a center of small scale gold mining, which continues in so called "Artisanal Mining" Recent criticism has surfaced around the working conditions, pay, and the widespread use of child labour in these small gold mines, and the
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religion. The
Kouroussa area is the centre of the Hamana-Malinke Mande sub-group -- "Hamana" being the historic name for the region, while the Malinke are the major Mande speaking ethnic group of the upper Niger valley. There are also sizable minority communities of
284:. The Niger – Conakry rail line runs 588 km to the capital of Guinea, with a branch of 74 kilometers running from Kouroussa to Kankan. It was built by the French, using African labor, in the first two decades of the 20th century.
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method which middlemen, many based in
Kouroussa, purchase and transport gold. Gold collected in Kouroussa is sold on—with almost no regulation or oversight—to larger merchant houses in
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Kouroussa and surrounding towns maintain the pre-colonial Mande ceremonial kingship of Hamana, with the most recent holder of the office King of
Kouroussa King Sayon Keita I.
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With its position near the upstream limit of navigation on the Niger River, Kouroussa town is an important center of transport and trade. The Guinea
Railway crosses the
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mining has also been proposed in the
Kouroussa area, with both Dredging of Heavy Mineral Sands from rivers and streams and dry pit mines proposed as of 2007.
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valley, while most of the area characterized by low rolling hills and dry savanna grasslands or scrub-like forest.
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Major mining companies are engaged in ongoing exploration drilling in a series of government granted
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drumming traditions, with a number of well known drum masters—including
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The Sanimuso Foundation, "Artisanal Mining Association"
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Location of Kouroussa Prefecture and seat in Guinea.
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475:World Music Central:Famoudou Konaté
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