Guinea-Bissau - Introduction

Here, we have some interesting facts about Guinea-Bissau. Guinea-Bissau (officially: Republic of Guinea-Bissau) is a country in Africa, precisely in Western Africa, with a population of about 2.2 Millions inhabitants today (2024-10-26). The capital city of Republic of Guinea-Bissau is Bissau, and the official country TLD code is .gw. Guinea-Bissau has cca2, cca3, cioc, ccn3 codes as GW, GNB, GBS, 624 respectively. Check some other vital information below.

Guinea-Bissau , Coat of Arms
Names
Common Guinea-Bissau
Official Republic of Guinea-Bissau
Common (Native) Guinea-Bissau
Official (Native) Republic of Guinea-Bissau
Alternative spellings GW, Republic of Guinea-Bissau, República da Guiné-Bissau
Translations ⬇️
Languages
por Portuguese
pov Upper Guinea Creole
Geography
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Guinea-Bissau is located in Western Africa and has a total land area of 36125 km². It is bounded by Guinea, Senegal and the capital city is Bissau

Region/Continent Africa
Subregion Western Africa
TimeZone UTC
Capital city Bissau
Area 36125 km²
Population 2024-10-26 2.2 Millions
Bordered Countreies Guinea, Senegal
Demonym
eng Male: Guinea-Bissauan / Female: Guinea-Bissauan
fra Male: Bissau-Guinéen / Female: Bissau-Guinéenne
Lat/Lng 12, -15
Historical data and more
The National Flag of Guinea-Bissau

The flag of Guinea-Bissau features a red vertical band on its hoist side that takes up about two-fifth the width of the field, and two equal horizontal bands of yellow and green adjoining the vertical band. A five-pointed black star is centered in the vertical band.

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Currency
Name West African CFA franc
Code XOF
Symbol Fr
Other info
Idependent yes, officially-assigned
UN Member country no
Start of Week monday
Car Side right
Codes
ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 GW
ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 GNB
ISO 3166-1 numeric 624
International calling code +245
FIFA 3 Letter Code GNB
All Important Facts about Guinea-Bissau

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Guinea-Bissau is found in Western Africa