Bolodou

Bolodou
Sub-prefecture and town
Bolodou Location in Guinea
Coordinates: 8°51′N 10°20′W
Country	Guinea
Region	Nzérékoré Region
Prefecture	Guéckédou Prefecture
Government
• Mayor	Aboubacar Faya Kamano
Population  (2014)
• Total	13,643
Time zone	UTC+0 (GMT)

Bolodou is a town and sub-prefecture in the Guéckédou Prefecture in the Nzérékoré Region of south-western Guinea.[1] The sub-prefecture had a population of 13,643 in 2014, up from 11,750 in 1996.[2] The town itself has 94 houses with an unknown population.[3] The Bolodou Sub-Prefecture is divided into seven quarters (districts), which are Beddou, Bolodou Centre, Faindou, Gbandou, Koleadou, Kongoma and Soumtou. Each of these towns can further be split into sectors, which are the smallest administrative divisions in Guinea.[4]

In 2017, Ibrahima Tounkara, a local mathematics teacher, set up his own dam to generate hydroelectric power for the town's homes.[3] In December 2017, a 27 metres (89 ft) long bridge was built that connected the previously separate markets in Yèndè Millimou and Guéckédou.[5]

References

1. "Subprefectures of Guinea". Statoids. Retrieved April 19, 2009.
2. "Bolodou (Sub-Prefecture, Guinea) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location". City Population. Retrieved January 14, 2018.
3. Maëva Poulet (September 29, 2017). "How a teacher in Guinea made a dam to power up his entire village". The Observers. France 24. Retrieved November 13, 2021.
4. Des Bureaux De Vote De Guekedou (in French). Guinea: CENI (Commission Electorale Nationale Independante). 2010. pp. 1–3.
5. "Gueckédou : les travaux de construction du pont de Bolodou sur le fleuve Mafissa lancés par le préfet". L'Agence Guinéenne de Presse (in French). December 20, 2017. Archived from the original on January 15, 2018. Retrieved November 13, 2021.

8°51′N 10°20′W