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Labe
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A town in central Guinea, in the Fouta Region. It is the market centre for bananas, vegetables, and rice. A lot of cattle is also raised there.
Labé was a part of the Mali empire in the early 13th century. Between the 16th and the 18th centuries it was commercially and politically important place which also served as a centre of Islam. Labe is inhabited by the Fulani people of West Africa. Their ancestors used to be sub-Saharan Africans and Berbers.
Labé is nowadays the most important centre of Islam in Guinea.

Population: ca 250 000

Labe market
Picture taken from: www.fridafrique.net
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