Kamsar

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.

For other uses, see Kamsar (disambiguation).
Kamsar
Sub-prefecture and city
Kamsar is located in Guinea
Kamsar
Kamsar
Location in Guinea
Coordinates: 10°39′N 14°37′W
Country Guinea
RegionBoke Region
PrefectureBoké Prefecture
Government
 • MayorChérif Kibola Camara

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.

Climate data for Kamsar
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Daily mean °C (°F) 26.2
(79.1)		 26.4
(79.6)		 27.9
(82.3)		 28.7
(83.6)		 28.4
(83.2)		 26.8
(80.3)		 25.9
(78.7)		 25.7
(78.3)		 25.8
(78.5)		 26.3
(79.4)		 26.3
(79.4)		 24.9
(76.9)		 26.6
(79.9)
Average rainfall mm (inches) 0
(0)		 0
(0)		 0
(0)		 6
(0.2)		 72
(2.8)		 305
(12.0)		 772
(30.4)		 999
(39.3)		 465
(18.3)		 304
(12.0)		 70
(2.8)		 5
(0.2)		 2,998
(118)
Source: Climate-Data.org (rainfall)[2]

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

References
  1. "What Are Kamsarmax Vessels? Fully Explained And Compared". maritimepage.com. 2022-07-31. Retrieved 2022-12-03.
  2. "Climate: Kamsar". Climate-Data.org. Retrieved August 8, 2020.


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