Guinea-Bissau

E31850

country sovereign state

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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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Portuguese Guinea	4
Portuguese Guinea (later Guinea-Bissau)	1

Statements (52)

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 ⓘ

Referenced by (59)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Bureau of African Affairs → appliesPolicyTo → Guinea-Bissau ⓘ

Atlantic–Congo languages → areSpokenIn → Guinea-Bissau ⓘ

Senegal → borderCountry → Guinea-Bissau ⓘ

Guinea → borderedBy → Guinea-Bissau ⓘ

Portuguese language → coOfficialLanguageOf → Guinea-Bissau ⓘ

Tiago → commonInCountry → Guinea-Bissau ⓘ

Sub-Saharan Africa → contains → Guinea-Bissau ⓘ

West Africa → containsCountry → Guinea-Bissau ⓘ

Mandinka people → country → Guinea-Bissau ⓘ

Permanent Consultation Committee of the CPLP → country → Guinea-Bissau ⓘ

West African Economic and Monetary Union → country → Guinea-Bissau ⓘ

ECOWAS Bank for Investment and Development → countryOfMembers → Guinea-Bissau ⓘ

ECA Subregional Office for West Africa → countryServed → Guinea-Bissau ⓘ

West African Development Bank → countryServed → Guinea-Bissau ⓘ

West African CFA franc → countryUsingBeforeIndependence → Guinea-Bissau ⓘ

this entity surface form: Portuguese Guinea (later Guinea-Bissau)

FAO Major Fishing Area 34 → coversWatersOf → Guinea-Bissau ⓘ

Niger River → drainageBasinCountry → Guinea-Bissau ⓘ

Portuguese Crown → expandedTo → Guinea-Bissau ⓘ

CPLP → foundingCountry → Guinea-Bissau ⓘ

Community of Portuguese Language Countries → foundingMember → Guinea-Bissau ⓘ

Eco → geographicalScope → Guinea-Bissau ⓘ

First Portuguese Republic → hadColony → Guinea-Bissau ⓘ

this entity surface form: Portuguese Guinea

Guinea-Bissau Creole → hasCountry → Guinea-Bissau ⓘ

Cuban military interventions in Africa → hasLocation → Guinea-Bissau ⓘ

Fourth Committee (Special Political and Decolonization) → hasMember → Guinea-Bissau ⓘ

Organisation of Islamic Cooperation → hasMemberState → 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 ⓘ

Community of Portuguese Language Countries → memberState → Guinea-Bissau ⓘ

ECCAS → memberState → Guinea-Bissau ⓘ

ECOWAS → memberState → Guinea-Bissau ⓘ

Conference of Heads of State and Government of the CPLP → memberStateParticipant → Guinea-Bissau ⓘ

GMT → observedAsStandardTimeIn → Guinea-Bissau ⓘ

Portuguese language → officialLanguageOf → Guinea-Bissau ⓘ

Haredi Jews → populationCenter → Guinea-Bissau ⓘ

Fulani → presentInCountry → Guinea-Bissau ⓘ

African Portuguese → region → Guinea-Bissau ⓘ

Flag of the Community of Portuguese Language Countries → representsMember → Guinea-Bissau ⓘ

Treaty of Lagos → signatory → Guinea-Bissau ⓘ

Orthographic Agreement of 1990 → signatoryCountry → 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 ⓘ