Guinea-Bissau
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The Republic o Guinea-Bissau (/[unsupported input]ˈɡɪni bɪˈsaʊ/; Portuguese: República da Guiné-Bissau, pronounced: [ʁeˈpublikɐ dɐ ɡiˈnɛ biˈsaw]) is a kintra in Wast Africae. It is bordered bi Senegal tae the north, an Guinea tae the sooth an east, wi the Atlantic Ocean tae its wast.
Republic o Guinea-Bissau | |
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Motto: "Unidade, Luta, Progresso" (Portuguese) "Unity, Ficht, Progress" | |
 Location o Guinea-Bissau (daurk blue) – in Africae (licht blue & daurk gray) | |
| Caipital and largest city | Bissau 11°52′N 15°36′W |
| Offeecial leids | Portuguese |
| Recognised naitional leids | Upper Guinea Creole |
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| Demonym(s) | Bissau-Guinean[1] |
| Govrenment | Unitar semi-presidential republic |
• Preses | Umaro Sissoco Embaló |
• Prime Meenister | Rui Duarte de Barros |
| Legislatur | Naitional Fowk's Assembly |
| Unthirldom frae Portugal | |
• Declared | 24 September 1973 |
• Recognised | 10 September 1974 |
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• Total | 36,125 km2 (13,948 sq mi) (136t) |
• Water (%) | 22.4 |
| Population | |
• 2014 estimate | 1,693,398[2] (148t) |
• Density | 46.9/km2 (121.5/sq mi) (154t) |
| GDP (PPP) | 2016 estimate |
• Total | $2.851 billion[3] |
• Per capita | $1,568[3] |
| GDP (nominal) | 2016 estimate |
• Tot | $1.168 billion[3] |
• Per capita | $642[3] |
| Gini (2002) | 35 medium |
| HDI (2015) |  0.424[4]law · 178t |
| Currency | Wast African CFA franc (XOF) |
| Time zone | UTC+0 (GMT) |
| Drivin side | richt |
| Cawin code | +245 |
| Internet TLD | .gw |
It covers 36,125 km² (nearly 14,000 sq mi) wi an estimatit population o 1,600,000.
Guinea-Bissau wis ance pairt of the kinrick o Gabu, pairt o the Mali Empire; pairts o this kinrick persistit till the 18t century, while ithers wur pairt o the Portuguese Empire. It then became the Portuguese colony o Portuguese Guinea in the 19t century. Upon unthirldom, declared in 1973 an recognised in 1974, the name o its caipital, Bissau, wis addit tae the kintra's name tae prevent confusion wi the Republic o Guinea.
Anerlie 14% o the population speaks the offeecial leid, Portuguese. 44% speak Kriol, a Portuguese-based creole leid, an the remainder speaks native African leids. The main releegions are African traditional releegions and Islam, an there is a Christian (maistly Catholic) minority.
It is a member o the African Union, Economic Community o Wast African States, Organisation o the Islamic Conference, the Laitin Union, Community o Portuguese Language Kintras, La Francophonie an the Sooth Atlantic Peace an Cooperation Zone.
The kintra's per-capita gross domestic product is ane o the lawest in the warld.
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