Guinea-Bissau - Wikipedia
WEBGuinea-Bissau (/ ˌ ɡ ɪ n i b ɪ ˈ s aʊ / ⓘ GHIN-ee bi-SOW; Portuguese: Guiné-Bissau; Fula: 𞤘𞤭𞤲𞤫 𞤄𞤭𞤧𞤢𞥄𞤱𞤮, romanized: Gine-Bisaawo; Mandinka: ߖߌ߬ߣߍ߫ ߓߌߛߊߥߏ߫ Gine-Bisawo), officially the Republic of Guinea-Bissau (Portuguese: República da Guiné-Bissau [ʁɛˈpuβlikɐ ðɐ ɣiˈnɛ βiˈsaw ...
Guinea-Bissau | History, Map, Flag, Population, Capital, Language ...
WEBMay 28, 2024 · Guinea-Bissau, country of western Africa. Situated on the Atlantic coast, the predominantly low-lying country is slightly hilly farther inland. The name Guinea remains a source of debate; it is perhaps a corruption of …
Guinea-Bissau country profile - BBC News
WEBFeb 26, 2024 · Provides an overview of Guinea-Bissau, including key dates and facts for this west African state.
Guinea-Bissau - World Factbook Glyph
WEBMay 30, 2024 · Guinea-Bissau’s history of political instability, a civil war, and several coups (the latest in 2012) have resulted in a fragile state with a weak economy, high unemployment, rampant corruption, widespread poverty, …
History of Guinea-Bissau | Events, People, Dates, Maps, & Facts
WEBFeb 1, 2022 · History of Guinea-Bissau, a survey of notable events and people in the history of Guinea-Bissau, a country of western Africa. Situated on the Atlantic coast, the predominantly low-lying country is slightly hilly farther inland. It has a generally tropical climate influenced by the intertropical.
Guinea-Bissau summary | Britannica
WEBMay 25, 2024 · Guinea-Bissau, officially Republic of Guinea-Bissau formerly (until 1974) Portuguese Guinea, Country, western Africa. Its territory includes the Bijagós Archipelago, off the Atlantic coast to the southwest. Area: 13,948 sq mi (36,125 sq km). Population: (2024 est.) 1,663,000. Capital: Bissau.
Guinea-Bissau - Country Profile - Nations Online Project
WEBA virtual travel guide to Guinea-Bissau, a tropical nation with a coastline at the Atlantic Ocean in West Africa, situated between Senegal and Guinea. The country consists of a larger continental part and a smaller insular part that includes the Bijagós Archipelagos.
Guinea-Bissau travel - Lonely Planet | Africa
WEBGuinea-Bissau. Like a microcosm of Africa, this tiny nation contains multitudes – of landscapes, peoples, cultures and plant and animal life. All of it within reach of the capital, Bissau. The jewel in the country's crown is the labyrinth of tropical islands that make up the Arquipélago dos Bijagós.
Guinea-Bissau - The World Factbook
WEBDec 16, 2021 · local short form: Guine-Bissau. former: Portuguese Guinea. etymology: the country is named after the Guinea region of West Africa that lies along the Gulf of Guinea and stretches north to the Sahel; "Bissau," the name of the capital city, distinguishes the country from neighboring Guinea.
History of Guinea-Bissau - Wikipedia
WEBGuinea-Bissau was among the first regions touched by the Atlantic slave trade and, while it did not produce the same number of enslaved people as other regions, the impact was still significant. At first slaves were mainly sent to Cape Verde and the Iberian Peninsula, with the Madeira and the Canary Islands seeing an influx at lower volumes.
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