Kankan

"Kankan," says the traveller, "is a small town near the left bank of the Milo, a pretty river, which comes from the south, and waters the

Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part III. The Great Explorers of the Nineteenth Century Jules Verne 1866

Comrade Fidel Castro and his entourage visited the administrative regions of Kankan, Kissidougou, Faranah, Labe and Kindia, including the Jamal Aod an-Nasir polytechnic school in Conakry.

CASTRO VISITS COMMUNIQUE 1972

We thank you for your reception, and we tell you from the bottom of our heart that we shall never forget this beautiful day. (applause) We shall always remember this meeting with the men and women of Kankan and we hope that the links between our two peoples will be strengthened. (applause) We hope that our two peoples will work each day for unity, friendship, for solidarity and for the revolution.

KANKAN SPEECH 1972

But there is still something more important; We are much impressed by the strength, unity, discipline (applause) and enthusiasm we have witnessed in this town of Kankan, Besides joy, it is a town full of music, a town full of happiness, and above all a town full of revolutionary awareness.

KANKAN SPEECH 1972

As we are approaching Kankan today from the air, we were looking at the villages, but we could not see anyone.

KANKAN SPEECH 1972

[Democratic Party of Guinea], comrades of Kankan: Between the two of us -- he

KANKAN SPEECH 1972

Today we visited the cities of Kankan, and Kissidougou and we are now in Faranah.

CASTRO ADDRESS IN FARANAH 1972

We later discovered that all the people of Kankan were here in the city street awaiting President Sekou Toure and the Cuban delegation. (applause)

KANKAN SPEECH 1972

Railways: total: 1,086 km standard gauge: 279 km 1. 435-m gauge narrow gauge: 807 km 1. 000-m gauge (includes 662 km in common carrier service from Kankan to Conakry)

The 1999 CIA Factbook United States. Central Intelligence Agency

Railways: total: 1,086 km standard gauge: 279 km 1. 435-m gauge narrow gauge: 807 km 1. 000-m gauge (includes 662 km in common carrier service from Kankan to Conakry)

The 2000 CIA World Factbook United States. Central Intelligence Agency