Kankan (historically)

E349403

city

Kankan is a historic inland city in eastern Guinea that long served as a major regional trading and cultural center.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Kankan	2
Kankan (historically) canonical	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	city ⓘ
administrativeStatus	prefectural capital ⓘ regional capital ⓘ
capturedBy	French colonial forces ⓘ
capturedInYear	1891 ⓘ
climate	tropical savanna climate ⓘ
colonialPower	France ⓘ
continent	Africa ⓘ
coordinateLocation	10.3833°N 9.3000°W ⓘ
country	Guinea ⓘ
distanceFromConakry	about 520 km east ⓘ
economicActivity	agricultural trade ⓘ craft production ⓘ long-distance trade ⓘ
ethnicMajority	Mandinka ⓘ
foundedBy	Mandinka traders ⓘ
foundedInCentury	17th century ⓘ
hasUniversity	Julius Nyerere University of Kankan ⓘ
historicalEra	19th century ⓘ precolonial West Africa ⓘ
historicalRole	caravan trade hub ⓘ center of Islamic scholarship ⓘ major regional trading center ⓘ regional cultural center ⓘ
historicTradeGoods	gold ⓘ kolanuts ⓘ salt ⓘ slaves ⓘ
historicTradeLinks	Côte d'Ivoire ⓘ surface form: Ivory Coast Mali ⓘ Sierra Leone ⓘ
knownFor	Mandinka cultural heritage ⓘ griots and oral tradition ⓘ traditional Islamic schools ⓘ
languageUsed	French ⓘ Mandinka language ⓘ surface form: Maninka language
locatedIn	eastern Guinea ⓘ
locatedInAdministrativeEntity	Kankan Prefecture ⓘ Kankan Region ⓘ
locatedOnRiver	Milo River NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Upper Guinea ⓘ
populationEstimate	over 200000 inhabitants in the early 21st century ⓘ
religionMajority	Islam ⓘ
servedAs	administrative center under French rule ⓘ
timezone	UTC+0 ⓘ
transportRole	inland transport hub ⓘ railway terminus historically linked to Conakry ⓘ
wasPartOf	French West Africa ⓘ Wassoulou region ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Conakry → hasRailConnectionTo → Kankan (historically) ⓘ

Upper Guinea → containsCity → Kankan (historically) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kankan

Upper Guinea → regionalCapital → Kankan (historically) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kankan