Guinea-Bissau

Guinea-Bissau

sovereign state, country

Part of	West Africa, Portuguese-speaking African countries
Year dem found am	1974
Official name	Guinea-Bissau, Guiné-Bissau, la République de Guinée-Bissao
Native label	República da Guiné-Bissau
Short name	🇬🇼
Official language	Portuguese
Anthem	Esta é a Nossa Pátria bem Amada
Culture	culture of Guinea-Bissau
Motto text	Unidade, Luta, Progresso, Unity, Fight, Progress, Единство, борба, прогрес, Undod, Ymladd, Cynnydd
Continent	Africa
Country	Guinea-Bissau
Capital	Bissau
Located in time zone	UTC±00:00, Africa/Bissau
Located in or next to body of water	Atlantic Ocean
Located in/on physical feature	West Africa
Coordinate location	12°0′0″N 15°0′0″W
Coordinates of easternmost point	12°27′33″N 13°37′36″W
Coordinates of northernmost point	12°40′48″N 14°30′0″W
Coordinates of southernmost point	10°55′18″N 15°3′49″W
Coordinates of westernmost point	12°20′8″N 16°42′47″W
Highest point	Monte Torin
Lowest point	Atlantic Ocean
Office held by head of state	President of Guinea-Bissau
State ein head	Umaro Sissoco Embaló
Office head of government hold	Prime Minister of Guinea-Bissau
Government ein head	Nuno Nabiam
Legislative body	National People's Assembly
Central bank	Central Bank of West African States
Currency	West African CFA franc
Dey share bother plus	Guinea, Senegal
Driving side	right
Electrical plug type	Europlug
Dey replace	Portuguese Guinea
Dema official website	https://www.gov.gw/
Hashtag	GuineaBissau
Top-level Internet domain	.gw
Flag	flag of Guinea-Bissau
Coat of arms	Emblem of Guinea-Bissau
Geography of topic	geography of Guinea-Bissau
Get characteristic	partly free country
History of topic	history of Guinea-Bissau
Economy of topic	economy of Guinea-Bissau
Demographics of topic	demographics of Guinea-Bissau
Mobile country code	632
Country calling code	+245
Emergency phone number	112, 119, 121, 180
Maritime identification digits	630
Unicode character	🇬🇼
Category for maps or plans	Category:Maps of Guinea-Bissau

Guinea-Bissau (/ˌɡɪni bɪˈsaʊ/ ^ⓘ GHIN-ee bi-SOW; Portuguese: Guiné-Bissau; Fula: 𞤘𞤭𞤲𞤫 𞤄𞤭𞤧𞤢𞥄𞤱𞤮, romanized: Gine-Bisaawo; Mandinka: ߖߌ߬ߣߍ߫ ߓߌߛߊߥߏ߫ Gine-Bisawo), for paper top be de Republic of Guinea-Bissau (Portuguese: República da Guiné-Bissau [ʁɛˈpuβlikɐ ðɐ ɣiˈnɛ βiˈsaw]), be country for West Africa wey dey cover 36,125 square kilometres (13,948 sq mi), wey e get population dem estimate of 2,026,778. E dey border be Senegal to de north den Guinea to de southeast.^[1]

Na Guinea-Bissau once be part of de kingdom of Kaabu,^[2] den de Mali Empire.^[2] Parts of dis kingdom persist til de 18th century, while na few odas dey under de Portuguese Empire dema rule since de 16th century. For de 19th century insyd, na Portuguese Guinea colonise am.^[2] Na Portuguese control be restricted den weak til de early 20th century plus de pacification campaigns, dis campaigns solidify Portuguese sovereignty for de area insyd. De final Portuguese victory ova de bastion of mainland resistance wey remain, de Papel rule Kingdom of Bissau for 1915 insyd by de Portuguese military officer Teixeira Pinto, wey he recruit Wolof mercenary Abdul Injai na be de event make dem solidify mainland control.^[3]

Na dem conquer de Bissagos, islands off de coast of Guinea-Bissau, for 1936 insyd, wey ensure Portuguese control of both de mainland den islands for de region.^[4]

Upon independence, dem declare for 1973 insyd wey dem recognise for 1974 insyd, dem add Bissau, to de country ein name so say e go prevent confusion plus Guinea (formerly French Guinea). Guinea-Bissau get history of political instability since independence, den one presido per dem elect (José Mário Vaz) successfully serve full five-year term.^[5] De current presido be Umaro Sissoco Embaló, wey dem elect for 29 December 2019.^[6]

About 2% per of de population dey speak Portuguese, de official language, as first language, den 33% speak am as second language. Howeva, Guinea-Bissau Creole, Portuguese-based creole, be de national language wey dem san so consider am de language of unity. According to 2012 study, 54% of de population dey speak Creole as first language wey about 40% dey speak am as second language.^[7] De remainder dey speak variety of native African languages.

De nation be home give chaw followers of Islam, Christianity den traditional faiths, though no single religious group dey represent majority of de population.^[8][9] De country ein per-capita gross domestic product be one of de lowest for de world insyd.

Guinea-Bissau be member of de United Nations, African Union, Economic Community of West African States, Organisation of Islamic Cooperation, Community of Portuguese Language Countries, Organisation internationale de la Francophonie, den de South Atlantic Peace and Cooperation Zone, wey na e be member of de now-defunct Latin Union.

1. ↑ "Overview". World Bank. Retrieved 26 January 2021.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} "Guinea-Bissau – Country Profile – Nations Online Project". www.nationsonline.org. Retrieved 26 January 2021.
3. ↑ Bowman, Joye L. (22 January 2009). "Abdul Njai: Ally and Enemy of the Portuguese in Guinea-Bissau, 1895–1919". The Journal of African History. 27 (3): 463–479. doi:10.1017/S0021853700023276. S2CID 162344466.
4. ↑ Corbin, Amy; Tindall, Ashley. "Bijagós Archipelago". Sacred Land Film Project. Retrieved 2 November 2022.
5. ↑ "Guinea-Bissau | History, Map, Flag, Population, Capital, Language, & Facts | Britannica". www.britannica.com. 29 September 2024. Retrieved 6 October 2024.
6. ↑ "Guinea-Bissau: Swearing-in of new President unlikely to bring stability, says UN representative". UN News. 14 February 2020. Retrieved 23 September 2020.
7. ↑ Handem, Myrna (2015). Portuguese, Creole, or Both: The Problematic of Language Choice in the Republic of Guinea-Bissau. The Social, Political and Economic Implications of Language Choice (Ph. D. thesis). Howard University.
8. ↑ "Africa: Guinea-Bissau". The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency. Archived from the original on 22 October 2020. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
9. ↑ "Chapter 1: Religious Affiliation". Tolerance and Tension: Islam and Christianity in Sub-Saharan Africa (Report). Pew Research Center. 15 April 2010.