Faranah Region () is located in east-central Guinea. It is bordered by the countries of Sierra Leone and Mali and the Guinean regions of Kankan, Mamou, Nzérékoré, and Labé.
Faranah Region is divided into four prefectures; which are further sub-divided into 42 sub-prefectures:
Faranah Region is traversed by the northwesterly line of equal latitude and longitude.