Guinea

sovereign state, country
Part of	West Africa
Inception	2 October 1958
Name in native language	République de Guinée
Official name	Guinée, ߖߌ߬ߣߍ߫, République de Guinée, ߖߌ߬ߣߍ߬ ߞߊ߲ߓߍ߲
Native label	République de Guinée
Short name	🇬🇳
Official language	French
Anthem	Liberté
Culture	culture of Guinea
Motto	Work, Justice, Solidarity
Motto text	Travail, Justice, Solidarité, Work, Justice, Solidarity, Труд, справедливост, солидарност, ߓߊ߯ߙߊ ߸ߕߋߟߋ߲ ߸ߢߐ߲߯ߘߍߡߍ߲
Continent	Africa
Country	Guinea
Capital	Conakry
Located in time zone	UTC±00:00, Africa/Conakry
Located in or next to body of water	Atlantic Ocean
Located in/on physical feature	West Africa
Coordinate location	10°0′0″N 11°0′0″W
Coordinates of easternmost point	8°22′40″N 7°38′16″W
Coordinates of northernmost point	12°40′12″N 13°42′0″W
Coordinates of southernmost point	7°11′26″N 9°6′29″W
Coordinates of westernmost point	10°37′0″N 15°21′55″W
Highest point	Mount Richard-Molard
Lowest point	Atlantic Ocean
Government ein basic form	republic
Office held by head of state	President of Guinea
State ein head	Mamadi Doumbouya
Office head of government hold	Prime Minister of Guinea
Government ein head	Amadou Bah Oury
Legislative body	National Assembly
Central bank	Central Bank of the Republic of Guinea
Currency	Guinean franc
Driving side	right
Electrical plug type	Europlug, Schuko, Type K
Dey follow	People's Revolutionary Republic of Guinea
Dey replace	French West Africa
Official website	http://www.presidence.gov.gn/
Hashtag	Guinea
Top-level Internet domain	.gn
Flag	flag of Guinea
Coat of arms	coat of arms of Guinea
Geography of topic	geography of Guinea
Get characteristic	partly free country
History of topic	history of Guinea
Economy of topic	economy of Guinea
Demographics of topic	demographics of Guinea
Mobile country code	611
Country calling code	+224
Emergency phone number	117, 18, 442-020
Licence plate code	RG
Maritime identification digits	632
Unicode character	🇬🇳
Category for maps	Category:Maps of Guinea

Guinea (/ˈɡɪni/ (listen) GHIN-ee), alias Republic of Guinea (French: République de Guinée), be sam coastal country for West Africa. Edey share border plus Atlantic Ocean go de west, Guinea-Bissau go de northwest, Senegal go de north, Mali go de northeast, Cote d'Ivoire go de southeast, den Sierra Leone den Liberia go de south. Samtyms dem refer am as Guinea-Conakry after ein capital Conakry, so say e go distinguish am from oda territories for de eponymous region insyd lyk Guinea-Bissau den Equatorial Guinea.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4] Guinea get population of 13.5 million den area of 245,857 square kilometres (94,926 sq mi).^[5]

Formerly French Guinea, e achieve independence for 1958 insyd.^[6] Guinea get history of military coups d'état.^[7]^[8]^[9] After decades of authoritarian rule, for 2010 insyd e hold ein first democratic election.^[9]^[10]^[11] As e continue make e hold multi-party elections, de country continue dey face ethnic conflicts, corruption, den abuses by military den police.^[11]^[12] For 2011 insyd, de United States government claim say torture by security forces den abuse of women den kiddies (wey dey include female genital mutilation) be human rights issues wey dey go on.^[13] For 2021 insyd, military faction overthrow president Alpha Condé wey dem suspend de constitution.^[7]^[8]^[9]

Muslims dey represent 85% of de population.^[1]^[14]^[15] Dem divide de country go four geographic regions: Maritime Guinea for de Atlantic coast, de Fouta Djallon or Middle Guinea highlands, de Upper Guinea savanna region for de northeast, den de Guinée forestière region of tropical forests. French, de official language of Guinea, be language of communication for schools, government administration, den de media. Dem dey speak more than 24 indigenous languages wey de largest be Susu, Pular, den Maninka, wey dey dominate respectively for Maritime Guinea, Fouta Djallon, den Upper Guinea insyd, while Guinée forestière be ethnolinguistically diverse. Guinea ein economy dey mostly dependent for agriculture den mineral production top.^[16] Ebe de world ein second largest producer of bauxite, wey e get deposits of diamonds den gold.^[17] Na de country be de core for de 2014 Ebola outbreak.

References[edit | edit source]

[:4-1] 1.0 ^1.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20090205044119/http://www.uiowa.edu/~africart/toc/countries/Guinea-Conakry.html

[2] ttps://web.archive.org/web/20070221053336/http://www.musicvideos.the-real-africa.com/guinea/

[3] ttps://www.netministries.org/see/churches/ch00472

[4] ttps://web.archive.org/web/20110511084226/http://www.cfi.fr/partenaires_en.php3?id_rubrique=24&id_article=473

[5] ttps://www.nationsonline.org/oneworld/guinea.htm

[6] ttps://www.dw.com/en/west-africa-economic-bloc-suspends-guinea-after-military-coup/a-59127739

[:2-7] 7.0 ^7.1 https://www.wsj.com/articles/military-faction-stages-coup-in-mineral-rich-guinea-11630866469

[:3-8] 8.0 ^8.1 https://apnews.com/article/africa-elections-senegal-west-africa-term-limits-4c595d69cbfd95d173b7ef1a6da0d5f8

[:0-9] 9.0 ^9.1 ^9.2 https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2021/09/06/guinea-coup-explained/

[10] ttps://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/08/world/africa/08guinea.html

[:1-11] 11.0 ^11.1 https://freedomhouse.org/country/guinea/freedom-world/2021

[12] ttps://www.reuters.com/article/guinea-politics/guinea-president-conde-vows-to-tackle-corruption-during-third-term-idUSKBN28P27F

[13] ttps://2009-2017.state.gov/j/drl/rls/hrrpt/2011humanrightsreport/index.htm?dlid=186203

[14] ttp://www.visualgeography.com/categories/guinea/religion.html

[15] ttps://web.archive.org/web/20120319131431/http://www.ecobank.com/countryinfo.aspx?cid=74049

[16] ttps://web.archive.org/web/20101105124833/http://www.africa-import-export.gm/import-export/guinea-conakry.htm

[17] ttps://web.archive.org/web/20150105021335/http://www.guineaconakrysupport.com/?lang=en

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