Kamsar

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Kamsar
Sub-prefecture and city
Kamsar Location in Guinea
Coordinates: 10°39′N 14°37′W / 10.650°N 14.617°W / 10.650; -14.617
Country	Guinea
Region	Boke Region
Prefecture	Boké Prefecture
Government
• Mayor	Chérif Kibola Camara

Kamsar is a port city in Guinea, West Africa. It is also a Sub-prefecture of Guinea. It is located on the mouth of the Nunez River.

Port Kamsar handles significant part of the world's bauxite production. Ships calling Port Kamsar and going direct to the quay of Guinea Bauxite Company for loading bauxites are limited to length overall (LOA) 229m. Ship length restrictions led to appearance of the new dry bulk carrier categories - Kamsarmax.^[1]

Transport

It has a standard gauge railway line feeding bauxite from the mine at Sangarédi to the port.

The city is served by Kawass Airport.

Climate

Kamsar has a tropical monsoon climate (Am) with little to no rainfall from December to April and heavy to extremely heavy rainfall from June to October with moderate rainfall in May and November.

Hospitals

• Hôpital ANAIM
• Centre de Santé de Kassapô

Places of Worship

• Mosquée CBG
• Église St. Jean Baptiste
• Mosquée Bagataye
• Mosquée Bas-Fond
• Mosquée Siminoune

See also

• Transport in Guinea
• Railway stations in Guinea

External links

• Rail Map (gray line)

References

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