Kamsar

Kamsar
Kamsar
Sub-prefecture and city
	Kamsar Location in Guinea
	Coordinates: 10°39′N 14°37′W / 10.650°N 14.617°W
Country	Guinea
Region	Boke Region
Prefecture	Boké Prefecture
Government
• Mayor	Chérif Kibola Camara

Kamsar is a port city in Guinea, West Africa. It is also a Sub-prefecture of Guinea. It is located on the mouth of the Nunez River.

Port Kamsar handles significant part of the world's bauxite production. Ships calling Port Kamsar and going direct to the quay of Guinea Bauxite Company for loading bauxites are limited to length overall (LOA) 229m. Ship length restrictions led to appearance of the new dry bulk carrier categories - Kamsarmax.^[1]

Transport

It has a standard gauge railway line feeding bauxite from the mine at Sangarédi to the port.

The city is served by Kawass Airport.

Climate

Kamsar has a tropical monsoon climate (Am) with little to no rainfall from December to April and heavy to extremely heavy rainfall from June to October with moderate rainfall in May and November.

Climate data for Kamsar
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Daily mean °C (°F)	26.2 (79.1)	26.4 (79.6)	27.9 (82.3)	28.7 (83.6)	28.4 (83.2)	26.8 (80.3)	25.9 (78.7)	25.7 (78.3)	25.8 (78.5)	26.3 (79.4)	26.3 (79.4)	24.9 (76.9)	26.6 (79.9)
Average rainfall mm (inches)	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)	6 (0.2)	72 (2.8)	305 (12.0)	772 (30.4)	999 (39.3)	465 (18.3)	304 (12.0)	70 (2.8)	5 (0.2)	2,998 (118)
Source: Climate-Data.org (rainfall)^[2]

Hospitals

Places of Worship

External links

Rail Map (gray line)

References

^ "What Are Kamsarmax Vessels? Fully Explained And Compared". maritimepage.com. 2022-07-31. Retrieved 2022-12-03.
^ "Climate: Kamsar". Climate-Data.org. Retrieved August 8, 2020.

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[1] "What Are Kamsarmax Vessels? Fully Explained And Compared". maritimepage.com. 2022-07-31. Retrieved 2022-12-03.

[2] "Climate: Kamsar". Climate-Data.org. Retrieved August 8, 2020.

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