Guinea-Bissau

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Guinea-Bissau is a small West African country on the Atlantic coast, known for its Portuguese colonial heritage, diverse ethnic groups, and fragile political system.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf country
sovereign state
borderedBy Guinea
Senegal
callingCode +245
capitalAndLargestCity Bissau
colonialLanguage Portuguese
continent Africa
countryCodeTopLevelDomain .gw
currencyCode XOF
drainageBasin Geba River
drivesOnThe right
formerColonyOf Portugal
governmentType semi-presidential republic
hasCapital Bissau
hasClimate tropical
hasCoastlineOn Atlantic Ocean
hasCurrency West African CFA franc
hasLegislature National People's Assembly
hasPoliticalCharacteristic frequent military coups
history of political instability
hasPresident head of state
hasPrimeMinister head of government
includesRegion Bijagós Archipelago
independenceDate 1973-09-24
independenceFrom Portugal
independenceRecognizedDate 1974-09-10
ISO3166-1Alpha2Code GW
ISO3166-1Alpha3Code GNB
locatedIn West Africa
majorReligion Christianity
Islam
traditional African religions
memberOf African Union
Community of Portuguese Language Countries
ECOWAS
surface form: Economic Community of West African States

Organisation of Islamic Cooperation
United Nations
officialLanguage Guinea-Bissau Creole
Portuguese language
surface form: Portuguese
primaryEthnicGroups Balanta
Fulani
surface form: Fula

Mandinka
Manjaco
Papel
primaryExport cashew nuts
fish
timber
regionalBloc ECOWAS
West African Economic and Monetary Union
surface form: UEMOA
UNM49Code 624
usesTimeZone UTC+00:00

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Senegal borderCountry Guinea-Bissau
Guinea borderedBy Guinea-Bissau
Tiago commonInCountry Guinea-Bissau
Sub-Saharan Africa contains Guinea-Bissau
West Africa containsCountry Guinea-Bissau
Mandinka people country Guinea-Bissau
this entity surface form: Portuguese Guinea (later Guinea-Bissau)
Niger River drainageBasinCountry Guinea-Bissau
Portuguese Crown expandedTo Guinea-Bissau
CPLP foundingCountry Guinea-Bissau
Eco geographicalScope Guinea-Bissau
First Portuguese Republic hadColony Guinea-Bissau
this entity surface form: Portuguese Guinea
Guinea-Bissau Creole hasCountry Guinea-Bissau
Guinea-Bissau Creole hasRegion Guinea-Bissau
Francophone Africa includesCountry Guinea-Bissau
Portuguese Colonial War location Guinea-Bissau
this entity surface form: Portuguese Guinea
CEN-SAD memberState Guinea-Bissau
CPLP memberState Guinea-Bissau
ECCAS memberState Guinea-Bissau
ECOWAS memberState Guinea-Bissau
GMT observedAsStandardTimeIn Guinea-Bissau
Haredi Jews populationCenter Guinea-Bissau
Fulani presentInCountry Guinea-Bissau
African Portuguese region Guinea-Bissau
Treaty of Lagos signatory Guinea-Bissau
Fula language spokenIn Guinea-Bissau
Fulfulde spokenIn Guinea-Bissau
Mande languages spokenIn Guinea-Bissau
Mandinka spokenIn Guinea-Bissau
Niger–Congo languages spokenIn Guinea-Bissau
Portuguese language spokenIn Guinea-Bissau
Pulaar spokenIn Guinea-Bissau