Outline of Guinea-Bissau
The location of Guinea-Bissau
An enlargeable map of the Republic of Guinea-Bissau
See also: Index of Guinea-Bissau-related articles
The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Guinea-Bissau:
Guinea-Bissau – country located in West Africa.[1] Guinea-Bissau is the 8th least extensive country in continental Africa. It is bordered by Senegal to the north, and Guinea to the south and east, with the Atlantic Ocean to its west. Formerly the Portuguese colony of Portuguese Guinea, upon independence, the name of its capital, Bissau, was added to the country's name in order to prevent confusion between itself and the Republic of Guinea.
General reference
An enlargeable relief map of Guinea-Bissau
- Pronunciation: /ˌɡɪni bᵻˈsaʊ/
- Common English country name: Guinea-Bissau
- Official English country name: The Republic of Guinea-Bissau
- Common endonym(s):
- Official endonym(s):
- Adjectival(s): Guinean
- Demonym(s): Bissau-Guinean(s)
- Etymology: Name of Guinea-Bissau
- ISO country codes: GW, GNB, 624
- ISO region codes: See ISO 3166-2:GW
- Internet country code top-level domain: .gw
Geography of Guinea-Bissau
An enlargeable topographic map of Guinea-Bissau
Main article: Geography of Guinea-Bissau
- Guinea-Bissau is: a country
- Population of Guinea-Bissau: 1,695,000 - 147th most populous country
- Area of Guinea-Bissau: 36544 km2
- Atlas of Guinea-Bissau
Location
- Guinea-Bissau is situated within the following regions:
- Time zone: Coordinated Universal Time UTC+00
- Extreme points of Guinea-Bissau
- High: unnamed location in the northeast corner of the country 310 m (1,017 ft)
- Low: North Atlantic Ocean 0 m
- Land boundaries: 724 km
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- Coastline: North Atlantic Ocean 350 km
Environment of Guinea-Bissau
An enlargeable satellite image of Guinea-Bissau
- Climate of Guinea-Bissau
- Renewable energy in Guinea-Bissau
- Geology of Guinea-Bissau
- Protected areas of Guinea-Bissau
- Biosphere reserves in Guinea-Bissau
- National parks of Guinea-Bissau
- Wildlife of Guinea-Bissau
- Fauna of Guinea-Bissau
Natural geographic features of Guinea-Bissau
- Glaciers in Guinea-Bissau: none [2]
- Islands of Guinea-Bissau
- Lakes of Guinea-Bissau
- Mountains of Guinea-Bissau
- Volcanoes in Guinea-Bissau
- Rivers of Guinea-Bissau
- Waterfalls of Guinea-Bissau
- Valleys of Guinea-Bissau
- World Heritage Sites in Guinea-Bissau: None
Regions of Guinea-Bissau
Ecoregions of Guinea-Bissau
- Main article: Ecoregions in Guinea-Bissau
Administrative divisions of Guinea-Bissau
- Main article: Administrative divisions of Guinea-Bissau
Regions of Guinea-Bissau
Main article: Regions of Guinea-Bissau
Sectors of Guinea-Bissau
Main article: Sectors of Guinea-Bissau
Municipalities of Guinea-Bissau
- Capital of Guinea-Bissau: Bissau
- Cities of Guinea-Bissau
Demography of Guinea-Bissau
- Main article: Demographics of Guinea-Bissau
Government and politics of Guinea-Bissau
- Main article: Government of Guinea-Bissau and Politics of Guinea-Bissau
- Form of government: semi-presidential representative democratic republic
- Capital of Guinea-Bissau: Bissau
- Elections in Guinea-Bissau
- Political parties in Guinea-Bissau
Branches of the government of Guinea-Bissau
Main article: Government of Guinea-Bissau
Executive branch of the government of Guinea-Bissau
- Head of state: President of Guinea-Bissau, Malam Bacai Sanhá
- Head of government: Prime Minister of Guinea-Bissau, Carlos Gomes Júnior
- Cabinet of Guinea-Bissau
Legislative branch of the government of Guinea-Bissau
Judicial branch of the government of Guinea-Bissau
- Supreme Court of Guinea-Bissau
Foreign relations of Guinea-Bissau
Main article: Foreign relations of Guinea-Bissau
International organization membership
The Republic of Guinea-Bissau is a member of:[1]
Law and order in Guinea-Bissau
- Main article: Law of Guinea-Bissau
- Constitution of Guinea-Bissau
- Crime in Guinea-Bissau
- Human rights in Guinea-Bissau
- LGBT rights in Guinea-Bissau
- Freedom of religion in Guinea-Bissau
- Law enforcement in Guinea-Bissau
Military of Guinea-Bissau
- Main article: Military of Guinea-Bissau
- Command
- Commander-in-chief:
- Ministry of Defence of Guinea-Bissau
- Commander-in-chief:
- Forces
- Army of Guinea-Bissau
- Navy of Guinea-Bissau
- Air Force of Guinea-Bissau
- Special forces of Guinea-Bissau
- Military history of Guinea-Bissau
- Military ranks of Guinea-Bissau
History of Guinea-Bissau
- Main article: History of Guinea-Bissau, Timeline of the history of Guinea-Bissau, and Current events of Guinea-Bissau
- Military history of Guinea-Bissau
Culture of Guinea-Bissau
- Main article: Culture of Guinea-Bissau
- Architecture of Guinea-Bissau
- Cuisine of Guinea-Bissau
- Festivals in Guinea-Bissau
- Languages of Guinea-Bissau
- Media in Guinea-Bissau
- National symbols of Guinea-Bissau
- People of Guinea-Bissau
- Prostitution in Guinea-Bissau
- Public holidays in Guinea-Bissau
- Records of Guinea-Bissau
- Religion in Guinea-Bissau
- Judaism in Guinea-Bissau
- Sikhism in Guinea-Bissau
- World Heritage Sites in Guinea-Bissau: None
Art in Guinea-Bissau
- Art in Guinea-Bissau
- Cinema of Guinea-Bissau
- Literature of Guinea-Bissau
- Music of Guinea-Bissau
- Television in Guinea-Bissau
- Theatre in Guinea-Bissau
Sports in Guinea-Bissau
- Main article: Sports in Guinea-Bissau
Economy and infrastructure of Guinea-Bissau
- Main article: Economy of Guinea-Bissau
- Economic rank, by nominal GDP (2007): 182nd (one hundred and eighty second)
- Agriculture in Guinea-Bissau
- Banking in Guinea-Bissau
- National Bank of Guinea-Bissau
- Communications in Guinea-Bissau
- Companies of Guinea-Bissau
- Currency of Guinea-Bissau: Franc
- Energy in Guinea-Bissau
- Energy policy of Guinea-Bissau
- Oil industry in Guinea-Bissau
- Health care in Guinea-Bissau
- Mining in Guinea-Bissau
- Stock Exchange in Guinea-Bissau: none – served by the regional stock exchange Bourse Régionale des Valeurs Mobilières (BRVM) in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire.
- Tourism in Guinea-Bissau
- Transport in Guinea-Bissau
- Airports in Guinea-Bissau
- Rail transport in Guinea-Bissau
- Roads in Guinea-Bissau
Education in Guinea-Bissau
- Main article: Education in Guinea-Bissau
See also
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Portuguese language edition of Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
Main article: Guinea-Bissau
- Index of Guinea-Bissau-related articles
- List of Guinea-Bissau-related topics
- List of international rankings
- Member state of the United Nations
- Outline of Africa
- Outline of geography
References
- 1 2 "Guinea-Bissau". The World Factbook. United States Central Intelligence Agency. July 3, 2009. Retrieved July 23, 2009.
- ↑ The only glaciers in Africa are on Mt Kenya (in Kenya), on Kilimanjaro (in Tanzania), and in the Ruwenzori Mountains (which are located in Uganda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo). See Proceedings of the Riederalp Workshop, September 1978; Actes de l'Atelier de Riederalp, septembre 1978): IAHS-AISH Publ. no. 126, 1980.
External links
Wikimedia Atlas of Guinea-Bissau
- Official government website
- AllAfrica news headline links
- BBC News Country Profile
- CIA World Factbook
- Africa South of the Sahara - Stanford University
- The Index on Africa
- Map of Guinea-Bissau
- United States consular information sheet/travel advisory for Guinea-Bissau
- Drugbarons turn Bissau into Africa's first narco-state
Guinea-Bissau travel guide from Wikivoyage- Mobile operators in Guinea-Bissau
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