Kindia (N’ko: ߞߌ߲ߘߌߦߊ߫) is the fourth largest city in Guinea, located about 85 miles (137 km) northeast of the nation's capital, Conakry.

[2] Kindia grew around banana plantations following the construction of a now-closed railway to the capital.

[citation needed] The city is home to virtually all of the country's ethnic groups.

After the capital Conakry, Kindia is home to the second largest Sierra Leonean community in Guinea.

An estimated 9,000 Sierra Leoneans reside in the city, many of them have obtain Guinean citizenship.