Guinea-Bissau

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Guinea-Bissau, officially the Republic of Guinea-Bissau, is a country in West Africa that covers 36,125 square kilometres (13,948 sq mi) with an estimated population of 2,080,000. It borders Senegal to its north and Guinea to its southeast.

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Capital

Bissau

Population

1,861,283

Area

36,125 km2

Climate

Tropical

Government

Semi-presidential republic

Currency

West African CFA franc

Languages

Portuguese-based Creole, Portuguese, Pular

Sells

coconuts/brazil nuts/cashews, fish, fish oil, processed crustaceans

Sells to

India 66%, Chile 9%, Cote d'Ivoire 5%

Land borders

2: Guinea, Senegal

Drives on the

right

Calling code

+245

Founded

1974

Hemisphere

Northern

Where it is

Languages

Share of the population that speaks each. Click one to see every country that speaks it.

Portuguese-based Creole

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Portugueseofficial

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Pular

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Mandingo

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What it sells, and to whom

Every line is a thread: click a commodity or a partner to see who else trades in it.

Farms and fisheries

rice
groundnuts
cashews
root vegetables
oil palm fruit
plantains

Largest cities

Bissau capital	439,704
Bairro Militar	65,274
Gabú	49,371
Contumo	45,482
Reino de Bandim	44,718

Money, belief and alliances

Money

West African CFA franc Guinea-Bissau peso

Belongs to

Organisation internationale de la Francophonie United Nations World Meteorological Organization International Civil Defence Organisation Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons Community of Portuguese Language Countries International Development Association African Union Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons UNESCO International Bank for Reconstruction and Development Economic Community of West African States World Health Organization Interpol World Trade Organization

Climate and geography

tropical; generally hot and humid; monsoonal-type rainy season (June to November) with southwesterly winds; dry season (December to May) with northeasterly harmattan winds

Climate zone

Tropical

Highest point

Monte Torin

Northern hemisphere.

Land borders (2)

Guinea

Senegal

In charge right now

Rui Duarte de Barros Head of government

Figures from its history

Amilcar Cabral Independence leader, assassinated in 1973 Amílcar Lopes Cabral was a Bissau-Guinean and Cape Verdean agricultural engineer, political organizer, diplomat, and half-brother of Luís Cabral.