Editing Guinea (section)

=== Regions and prefectures ===
{{Main|Administrative divisions of Guinea}}

[[File:Guinea Regions.png|thumb|upright=1.6|[[Regions of Guinea]]]]

The Republic of Guinea covers {{convert|245857|km2|sqmi|0}} of West Africa, about [[10th parallel north|10 degrees north]] of the equator. It is divided into 4 natural regions:

* [[Maritime Guinea]] (''La Guinée Maritime'') covers 18% of the country.
* [[Middle Guinea]] (''La Moyenne-Guinée'') covers 20% of the country.
* [[Upper Guinea]] (''La Haute-Guinée'') covers 38% of the country.
* [[Guinée forestière|Forested Guinea]] (''Guinée forestière'') covers 23% of the country, and is both forested and mountainous.
[[File:Fouta Djallon (14582291826).jpg|thumb|upright=1.15|[[Fouta Djallon]] highlands in central Guinea]]
Guinea is divided into eight [[Regions of Guinea|administrative regions]] which are subdivided into 33 [[Prefectures of Guinea|prefectures]]. The capital [[Conakry]] with a population of 1,675,069 ranks as a special zone.
{|class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!Region!!Capital!!Population <br /> (2014 census by National Institute of Statistics)
|-
|[[Conakry Region]] ||[[Conakry]]||1,675,069
|-
|[[Nzérékoré Region]] ||[[Nzérékoré]]||1,591,716
|-
|[[Kindia Region]] ||[[Kindia]]||1,573,690
|-
|[[Boké Region]] ||[[Boké]]||1,092,291
|-
|[[Labé Region]] ||[[Labé]]||1,001,392
|-
|[[Mamou Region]] ||[[Mamou]]||737,062
|-
|[[Kankan Region]] ||[[Kankan]]||1,979,038
|-
|[[Faranah Region]]||[[Faranah]]||949,589
|}