Macenta
Geography
Macenta is the capital of the Macenta Prefecture in southeastern Guinea
is located in the Guinea Highlands on the road from Nzérékoré to Guéckédou. The Nianda River joins the Makonda River near Macenta.Climate
Macenta has a tropical monsoon climate.
French colonial and settlement influx influenced by Liberians circa 2000. It is the source of the 2014 African Ebola outbreak.Economy
Macenta is the major trading market town for tea, coffee, rice, cassava, shea butter extract, kola nuts, palm oil, and kernels grown nearby. A tea processing plant was built in Macenta in 1968, and the town has an agricultural research station, a sawmill, and several secondary schools. A trade in smuggling is believed to have developed in Macenta.
The town is served by Macenta Airport.
