Kamsar

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'''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.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-07-31 |title=What Are Kamsarmax Vessels? Fully Explained And Compared |url=https://maritimepage.com/kamsarmax-vessels-explained-compared/ |access-date=2022-12-03 |website=maritimepage.com |language=en-us}}</ref>

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

<gallery mode="packed"> File:CBG a Kamsar R Guinée.jpg File:CBG a Kamsar012.jpg File:Locomotive de la CBG de kamsar 0.jpg </gallery> The city is served by Kawass Airport.

==Climate== Kamsar has a tropical monsoon climate (Köppen ''Am'') with little to no rainfall from December to April, moderate rainfall in May and November and heavy to extremely heavy rainfall from June to October. Temperatures are very warm to hot all year round, with a slight depression due to cloud cover in the wet season. {{Weather box |width = auto | location = Kamsar | metric first = Yes | single line = Yes | Jan mean F = 79.1 | Feb mean F = 79.6 | Mar mean F = 82.3 | Apr mean F = 83.6 | May mean F = 83.2 | Jun mean F = 80.3 | Jul mean F = 78.7 | Aug mean F = 78.3 | Sep mean F = 78.5 | Oct mean F = 79.4 | Nov mean F = 79.4 | Dec mean F = 76.9 | year mean F = |temperature colour = pastel |rain colour = green |Jan rain mm = 0 |Feb rain mm = 0 |Mar rain mm = 0 |Apr rain mm = 6 |May rain mm = 72 |Jun rain mm = 305 |Jul rain mm = 772 |Aug rain mm = 999 |Sep rain mm = 465 |Oct rain mm = 304 |Nov rain mm = 70 |Dec rain mm = 5 |source 1 = Climate-Data.org (rainfall)<ref>{{cite web |url = https://en.climate-data.org/location/3948/ |title = Climate: Kamsar |publisher=Climate-Data.org |accessdate = August 8, 2020}}</ref> }} ----

== Hospitals == * Hôpital ANAIM * Centre de Santé de Kassapô ---- == Places of Worship == * Mosquée CBG * Église St. Jean Baptiste * Mosquée Bagataye * Mosquée Bas-Fond * Mosquée Siminoune ----

== See also == * Transport in Guinea * Railway stations in Guinea

== External links == * [https://web.archive.org/web/20061129112805/http://www.weather-forecast.com/locations/PortKamsar.shtml Rail Map (gray line)]

== References == {{Reflist}}

Category:Sub-prefectures of the Boké Region