Guéckédou Prefecture

E85059
administrative division prefecture

Guéckédou Prefecture is a region in southeastern Guinea that became internationally known as the initial focal area of the 2014–2016 West Africa Ebola outbreak.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Guéckédou Prefecture canonical 4
Guéckédou sub-prefecture 1

Statements (33)

Predicate Object
instanceOf administrative division ⓘ
prefecture ⓘ
administrativeCenter Guéckédou ⓘ
bordersCountry Guinea prefectures ⓘ
Liberia ⓘ
Sierra Leone ⓘ
capital Guéckédou ⓘ
containsSettlement Guéckédou ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
country Guinea ⓘ
epidemicMainYears 2014–2016 ⓘ
epidemicStartYear 2013 ⓘ
epidemiologicalRole early transmission area in West Africa Ebola epidemic ⓘ
geographicalFeature forested zone of southeastern Guinea ⓘ
governedBy prefect ⓘ
hasClimate tropical ⓘ
hasPublicHealthSignificance Ebola virus disease surveillance ⓘ
knownFor initial focal area of the 2014–2016 West Africa Ebola outbreak ⓘ
languageUsed French ⓘ
locatedIn Guinea ⓘ
southeastern Guinea ⓘ
locatedInCountryCapitalLanguageContext French ⓘ
locatedInRegion Nzérékoré Region ⓘ
locatedOn African continent ⓘ
officialLanguageOfCountry French ⓘ
partOf Guinean forests of West Africa ⓘ
surface form: Guinea forested region

Nzérékoré Region ⓘ
publicHealthResponse Ebola treatment and isolation facilities during 2014–2016 outbreak ⓘ
significantEvent 2014–2016 West Africa Ebola outbreak ⓘ
subdivisionOf Guinea ⓘ
subdivisionType prefecture ⓘ
timeZone Greenwich Mean Time ⓘ
utcOffset +0 ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

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

2014–2016 West Africa Ebola outbreak → epicenter → Guéckédou Prefecture ⓘ
Meliandou, Guinea → locatedIn → Guéckédou Prefecture ⓘ
subject surface form: Meliandou
Meliandou, Guinea → partOf → Guéckédou Prefecture ⓘ
subject surface form: Meliandou
this entity surface form: Guéckédou sub-prefecture
Nzérékoré Region → hasSubdivision → Guéckédou Prefecture ⓘ
Guéckédou → locatedIn → Guéckédou Prefecture ⓘ