Womey (or Womé or Ouomé) is a town and sub-prefecture in the Nzérékoré Prefecture in the Nzérékoré Region of Guinea.[1]
Womey | |
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Sub-prefecture and town | |
Womey Location in Guinea | |
Coordinates: 8°04′41″N 8°46′55″W / 8.078°N 8.782°W | |
Country | Guinea |
Region | Nzérékoré Region |
Prefecture | Nzérékoré Prefecture |
Time zone | UTC+0 (GMT) |
The sub-prefecture is 494 km2 in area and has a population of 13,196 (2014 census).[2]
On 16 September 2014, a local Guinean government team arrived in Womey to educate the population about ebola. They were set upon by local people, and later the bodies of eight of them were found in a public latrine pit.[3][4][5]