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Guinea (region)
Region of West Africa / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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For other uses, see Guinea (disambiguation).
Not to be confused with Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Equatorial Guinea, New Guinea, Western New Guinea, or Papua New Guinea.
Guinea is a traditional name for the region of the coast of West Africa which lies along the Gulf of Guinea. It is a naturally moist tropical forest or savanna that stretches along the coast and borders the Sahel belt in the north.
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