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.

Portuguese Empire → territory → Guinea-Bissau ⓘ

this entity surface form: Portuguese Guinea

Estado Novo regime → territoryIncluded → Guinea-Bissau ⓘ

subject surface form: Estado Novo (Portugal)

this entity surface form: Portuguese Guinea

Central European Summer Time → usedIn → Guinea-Bissau ⓘ

Claudio (Portuguese) → usedInCountry → Guinea-Bissau ⓘ

Guilherme → usedInCountry → Guinea-Bissau ⓘ

Horácio → usedInCountry → Guinea-Bissau ⓘ

Tiagu → usedInCountry → Guinea-Bissau ⓘ

West African CFA franc → usedInCountry → Guinea-Bissau ⓘ