Interviewer instructions
II. Cartographic Units
40. For the purposes of census cartography, a number of units have been defined. They are:
1. Village/Township
A village or township refers to any specific grouping of population whose inhabitants live in buildings used as dwellings which are fewer than 200 meters apart from each other and which have a recognized name or status. A hamlet of 2 houses constitutes a town just as Conakry does.
2. Town / City
42. A township or village with at least 1,000 residents, which is easily accessible and has services such as a post office, police, clinic (or hospital), a Revolutionary Teaching Center which goes up to middle school at least a market, stores, movie theater and, possibly, a gas and water supply/network is considered a city.
43. However, a village or township of less than 1000 inhabitants who enjoy all year round running water and electricity and with services such as a dispensary or a hospital, a market, shops, and a movie theatre will also be considered as a town.
3. Village
44. Any town in a rural area with a population of between 200 and 1000 inhabitants is considered a village.
4. Hamlet
45. Any town in a rural area with a population of fewer than 200 inhabitants is considered a hamlet.
5. Census track (ZD)
46. The census zone (ZD) is both a portion of territory and a population gathering of between 500 and 800 inhabitants in a rural area, and between 700 and 1200 inhabitants in an urban area; the enumerator must enumerate this area during the counting phase of the census.
The census zone (ZD) is made up of a PRL or a portion of a PRL, but never overlaps several PRLs.
6. Control Zone (ZC)
47. The control zone is a group of 3 to 5 census zones which are placed under the responsibility of one Team Leader.
I. Geographical location
76. The enumerator will write very legibly (and will print in block letters if possible) the data related to the geographic location of the household:
1. General Commissariat of the Revolution (CGR): Write the name of the CGR in which the census zone is located.
2. Administrative Region (RA): Write the name of the administrative region.
3. District (A) (arrondissement): Write the name of the district where the census zone is located.
4. Local Revolutionary Authority (PRL): Write the name of the PRL to which the census zone belongs.
5. PRL Sector (S): Write the name of the sector in which the enumerator is currently working.
6. City/Village/Hamlet (V/H): Write the name of the town where the enumerator is by crossing out the unnecessary words to specify if it is a question of a town, village or hamlet (see the definitions above in paragraphs 41-45).
7. Control Zone Sequence number (ZC): Write the control zone to which the census zone belongs in capital letters.
8. Census Zone Sequence number (ZD): Indicate the two-figure number of the census zone which the enumerator is enumerating.
9. Building Sequence number: Write the three-figure number of the building which the head of household lives in.
10. Household Sequence number: Give a number to each household and write it using a three-figure number.
The information for points 1, 2, 3, 4, 7 and 8 will be provided by your team leader, and will possibly be written on the enumerator's bag.
