Tougué is a town located in central Guinea

Guinea

Guinea , officially the Republic of Guinea , is a country in West Africa. Formerly known as French Guinea , it is today sometimes called Guinea-Conakry to distinguish it from its neighbour Guinea-Bissau. Guinea is divided into eight administrative regions and subdivided into thirty-three prefectures...

. It is the capital of Tougué Prefecture

Tougué Prefecture

Tougué is a prefecture located in the Labé Region of Guinea. The capital is Tougué. The prefecture covers an area of 6,400 km.² and has an estimated population of 132,000....

. Population 3,745 (2008 est).

Economy

There are deposits of bauxite

Bauxite

Bauxite is an aluminium ore and is the main source of aluminium. This form of rock consists mostly of the minerals gibbsite Al3, boehmite γ-AlO, and diaspore α-AlO, in a mixture with the two iron oxides goethite and hematite, the clay mineral kaolinite, and small amounts of anatase TiO2...

 near this town. Agriculture is also important, including onion farming.

Transport

The mine is connected by a 140 km 1435mm gauge railway to the junction at Dabola

Dabola

Dabola is a city in central Guinea.Population 17,855.It grew around the railway line from Conakry to Kankan and is known for the Tinkisso Falls and for its important dam.- Transport :...

, where ore is transhipped to 1000mm gauge wagons for the rest of the journey to the port. This branch line was completed in 1998.