Macenta is one of fourteen cities in the country of Guinea , West Africa, in the south of the country. It is the capital of the Macenta Prefecture , the Nzérékoré Region situated in the southeastern border of the country.
14-681: Macenta is the capital of the Macenta Prefecture in southeastern Guinea. It is located in the Guinea Highlands at an elevation of 620 metres (2,030 ft), between the road from Nzérékoré to Guéckédou . The Nianda River joins the Makonda River near Macenta. Macenta is also located near the border of Liberia . Macenta has a tropical monsoon climate ( Köppen climate classification Am ). French colonial and settlement influx influenced by Liberians circa 2000. It
28-714: A Rhipidoglossum orchid found only on Mount Nimba. Common plant types in the humid mountain valleys include Uapaca togoensis, Cola lateritia maclaudii, Parinari excelsa , Piptadeniastrum africanum and Canarium schweinfurthii . Higher altitudes of the Loma and the Tingi are covered with a savanna of Syzygium , Kotschya ochreata, Monechma depauperatum , and the tree ferns, Cyathea subg. Cyathea manniana and Cyathea dregei . Other areas of high prairie are known for Gladiolus , Solenostemon monostachyus latericola, Cyanotis longiflora, and Thesium tenuissimum . Finally
42-752: A number of mountains, ranges and plateaus, including the Fouta Djallon highlands in central Guinea, the Loma Mountains in Sierra Leone, the Simandou and Kourandou massifs in southeastern Guinea, the Nimba Range at the border of Guinea, Liberia, and Ivory Coast, and the Monts du Toura in western Ivory Coast. In Guinea they are known as Dorsale Guinéenne . The highest peak in the region
56-441: Is Mount Bintumani in Sierra Leone, at 1,945 metres (6,381 ft). Other peaks include Sankan Biriwa (1,850 metres (6,070 ft)) in Sierra Leone and Mount Richard-Molard (Mount Nimba) (1,752 metres (5,748 ft)) on the border of Guinea and Ivory Coast. The highlands mostly lie between 300 and 500 metres (980 and 1,640 ft) above sea level. The Guinea Highlands are the source of many of West Africa's rivers, including
70-529: Is owned by former model Tigui Camara , has licenses to work on diamond extraction in the locality. The town is served by Macenta Airport . Kamandou Koura Kamandou Cite Bowa 1 Bowa 2 Bamala 08°33′N 09°28′W / 8.550°N 9.467°W / 8.550; -9.467 Guinea Highlands The Guinea Highlands is a densely forested mountainous plateau extending from central Guinea through northern Sierra Leone and Liberia to western Ivory Coast . The highlands include
84-549: Is the source of the 2014 African Ebola outbreak. Macenta is the major trading market town for tea , coffee , rice , cassava , shea butter extract, kola nuts , palm oil , and kernels grown nearby. A tea processing plant was built in Macenta in 1968, and the town has an agricultural research station, a sawmill, and several secondary schools. A trade in smuggling is believed to have developed in Macenta. Tigui Mining Company, which specialises in gold and diamond extraction and
98-690: The Niger River , West Africa's longest river, the Senegal and Gambia rivers, and the rivers of Sierra Leone , Liberia , Maritime Guinea , and western Ivory Coast. Geologically the composition of the sediments in the highlands are the same as in Upper Guinea and include granites , schists , and quartzites . The Guinea Highlands form the transition between the Western Guinean lowland forests , moist tropical rainforests that lie to
112-580: The Guinea Highlands. Main commodities sold in the town include rice , cassava , coffee , palm oil and kernels . The region is mainly inhabited by the Guerze ( Kpelle ) and Mano (Manon) peoples. 9°30′N 10°0′W / 9.500°N 10.000°W / 9.500; -10.000 Guinean montane forests The Guinean montane forests are a tropical moist broadleaf forest ecoregion of West Africa . The ecoregion occupies
126-686: The Loma Mountains is the highest peak in West Africa west of Mount Cameroon . The next highest peaks in the region are in the Sankan Biriwa massif (1850 meters) in the Tingi Hills. Average rainfall is between 1,600 and 2400 mm per year and many important rivers have their sources in these mountains. These mountains have a distinct plant cover in various phases according to elevation, with up to 35 endemic species including
140-482: The dry season. Ptychadena submascareniensis is another frog species that has been found only on Mt. Nimba and in the Loma Mountains. The landscape has been badly affected by mining on Mount Nimba and general clearance for farming as well as more recent civil war in Sierra Leone and Liberia. Despite its park status iron ore mining on Mount Nimba was still ongoing up until the Liberian Civil War, while
154-641: The high gallery forest is dominated by Parinari excelsa with the tree fern, Cyathea camerooniana , and the bamboo, Oxytenanthera abyssinica . Pitcairnia feliciana , the only species of Bromeliad native outside the Americas, is endemic to the Fouta Jallon. Leopards (Panthera pardus) are the largest predator in the ecoregion. The ecoregion supports populations of the endangered western chimpanzee ( Pan troglodytes verus ). Near-endemic birds include Sierra Leone prinia ( Prinia leontica ) and
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#1732765142176168-619: The iris glossy-starling ( Coccycolius iris ). Endemic amphibians include the western Nimba toad ( Nimbaphrynoides occidentalis ) , found only in the montane grasslands of the Nimba Range, and which is totally viviparous . The Guinea screeching frog ( Arthroleptis crusculum ) is a threatened species found in the Nimba Range, Mounts Béro, Tétini, and Foko, the Simandou Range (Mts. Tibe and Fon), Loma Mountains, and Tingi Hills in high-altitude grasslands and in gallery forests during
182-555: The portions of the Guinea Highlands lying above 600 meters elevation, extending across portions of Guinea , Sierra Leone , Liberia , and Côte d'Ivoire . It includes the Fouta Djallon plateau and the massifs of Ziama , Simandou , Tétini, Béro, Kourandou in Guinea, the Loma Mountains and Tingi Hills in Sierra Leone, the Nimba Range in Guinea, Liberia, and Côte d'Ivoire, and the Monts du Toura in Côte d'Ivoire. Mount Bintumani in
196-528: The south between the Guinea Highlands and the Atlantic Ocean, and the Guinean forest-savanna mosaic to the north. The Guinean montane forests ecoregion covers the portion of the highlands above 600 meters elevation. It includes montane forests, grasslands, and savannas, with a distinct flora and fauna from the surrounding lowlands. Yomou is the chief market town for the densely forested region of
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