Guinea
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Guinea (/[unsupported input]ˈɡɪni/, officeeally the Republic o Guinea French: République de Guinée), is a kintra in Wast Africae. Umwhile kent as French Guinea (Guinée française), it is today sometimes cawed Guinea-Conakry tae distinguish it frae its neighbour Guinea-Bissau.[4] Conakry is the caipital, the seat o the naitional government, an the lairgest ceety.
Republic o Guinea République de Guinée (French) | |
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Location o Guinea (daurk blue) – in Africae (licht blue & daurk grey) | |
Caipital and largest city | Conakry 9°31′N 13°42′W |
Offeecial leids | French |
Vernacular leids |
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Ethnic groups |
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Demonym(s) | Guinean |
Govrenment | Presidential republic |
• Preses | Mamady Doumbouya |
Bah Oury | |
Legislatur | Naitional Assembly |
Unthirldom | |
• frae Fraunce | 2 October 1958 |
Aurie | |
• Total | 245,836 km2 (94,918 sq mi) (78t) |
• Water (%) | negligible |
Population | |
• 2021 estimate | 13,885,724 (76st) |
• 2014 census | 11,533,261 |
• Density | 40.9/km2 (105.9/sq mi) (164t) |
GDP (PPP) | 2016 estimate |
• Total | $16.214 billion[2] |
• Per capita | $1,281[2] |
GDP (nominal) | 2016 estimate |
• Tot | $7.067 billion[2] |
• Per capita | $558[2] |
Gini (2012) | 33.7 medium |
HDI (2019) | 0.477[3] law · 178t |
Currency | Guinean franc (GNF) |
Time zone | UTC+0 (GMT) |
Drivin side | richt |
Cawin code | +224 |
ISO 3166 code | GN |
Internet TLD | .gn |
Guinea haes amaist 246,000 square kilometres (94,981 sq mi). It forms a crescent bi curvin fre its wastren border on the Atlantic Ocean toward the east an the sooth. Its northren border is shared wi Guinea-Bissau, Senegal, an Mali, the soothren ane wi Sierra Leone, Liberie, an Côte d'Ivoire. The Niger River arises in Guinea an runs eastward.
Guinea's 10 million fowk belang tae twintie-fower ethnic groups. The maist prominent groups are the Fula (French: Peul; Fula: Fulɓe), Mandinka, an Susu.