{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2022}} {{Infobox settlement <!--See the Table at Infobox Settlement for all fields and descriptions of usage--> <!-- Basic info ---------------->| name = Kaloum | other_name = | native_name = <!-- for cities whose native name is not in English --> | nickname = | settlement_type = Sub-prefecture | motto = <!-- images and maps -----------> | image_skyline = Bluezone de Kaloum.jpg | imagesize = | image_caption = | image_flag = | flag_size = | image_seal = | seal_size = | image_shield = | shield_size = | image_map = | mapsize = | map_caption = | pushpin_map = Guinea | pushpin_label_position = above | pushpin_mapsize = 250 | pushpin_map_caption = Location in Guinea <!-- Location ------------------>| subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = {{flag|Guinea}} | subdivision_type1 = Region | subdivision_name1 = Conakry Region | subdivision_type2 = | subdivision_name2 = | subdivision_type3 = | subdivision_name3 = |<!-- Politics -----------------> | government_footnotes = | government_type = | leader_title = | leader_name = | leader_title1 = <!-- for places with, say, both a mayor and a city manager --> | leader_name1 = | established_title = <!-- Settled --> | established_date = <!-- Area ---------------------> | area_magnitude = | unit_pref = Imperial <!--Enter: Imperial, if Imperial (metric) is desired--> | area_footnotes = | area_total_km2 = <!-- ALL fields dealing with a measurements are subject to automatic unit conversion--> | area_land_km2 = <!--See table @ Template:Infobox Settlement for details on automatic unit conversion--> <!-- Population ----------------------->| population_as_of = 2014 | population_footnotes = | population_note = | population_total = 62675 | population_density_km2 = | population_density_sq_mi = | population_metro = | population_density_metro_km2 = | population_density_metro_sq_mi = | population_blank1_title = Ethnicities | population_blank1 = | population_density_blank1_km2 = | population_density_blank1_sq_mi = <!-- General information ---------------> | timezone = GMT | utc_offset = +0 | timezone_DST = | utc_offset_DST = | coordinates = {{coord|9|30|33|N|13|42|44|W|region:GN|display=inline}} | elevation_footnotes = <!--for references: use<ref> </ref> tags--> | elevation_m = | elevation_ft = <!-- Area/postal codes & others --------> | postal_code_type = <!-- enter ZIP code, Postcode, Post code, Postal code... --> | postal_code = | area_code = | blank_name = | blank_info = | blank1_name = | blank1_info = | website = | footnotes = }}
''' Kaloum ''' is an urban sub-prefecture in the Conakry Region of Guinea and one of five in the capital Conakry.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.statoids.com/ygn.html|title=Subprefectures of Guinea|publisher=Statoids|accessdate=20 April 2009}}</ref> Kaloum includes the city centre of Conakry. As of 2014 it had a population of 62,675 people.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.geohive.com/cntry/guinea.aspx |title=Guinea |publisher=Institut National de la Statistique, Guinea, accessed via Geohive |accessdate=27 August 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20151124030052/http://www.geohive.com/cntry/guinea.aspx |archivedate=24 November 2015 }}</ref>
The seat of Government is located in Kaloum, including the Presidential Palace, the Palais du Peuple, many ministries, embassies and banks. The Port of Conakry and the fishing port are located there. The Ignace Deen Hospital, one of the first in the nation, was built there in the colonial era. Other notable features include the Sandervalia National Museum and St. Mary's Cathedral, Conakry.
When Air Guinée existed, its head office was in Kaloum.<ref>"[https://web.archive.org/web/20010802073844/http://www.mirinet.com/AirGuinee/ Bienvenue]." Air Guinée. Retrieved 26 February 2010.</ref>
== Gallery == <gallery> File:Coup d'état 2021 en Guinée.jpg File:Ville de Conaky.jpg File:Vue de l'hôtel kaloum.jpg File:Hôtel noom Conakry.jpg </gallery>
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