The Republic of Guinea-Bissau is a sovereign country located in West Africa

West Africa

West Africa or Western Africa is the westernmost region of the African continent. Geopolitically, the UN definition of Western Africa includes the following 16 countries and an area of approximately 5 million square km:-Flags of West Africa:...

. Guinea-Bissau is the 8th least extensive country in continental Africa. It is bordered by Senegal

Senegal

Senegal , officially the Republic of Senegal , is a country in western Africa. It owes its name to the Sénégal River that borders it to the east and north...

 to the north, and Guinea

Guinea

Guinea , officially the Republic of Guinea , is a country in West Africa. Formerly known as French Guinea , it is today sometimes called Guinea-Conakry to distinguish it from its neighbour Guinea-Bissau. Guinea is divided into eight administrative regions and subdivided into thirty-three prefectures...

 to the south and east, with the Atlantic Ocean

Atlantic Ocean

The Atlantic Ocean is the second-largest of the world's oceanic divisions. With a total area of about , it covers approximately 20% of the Earth's surface and about 26% of its water surface area...

 to its west. Formerly the Portuguese

Portugal

Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic is a country situated in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is the westernmost country of Europe, and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the West and South and by Spain to the North and East. The Atlantic archipelagos of the...

 colony

Colony

In politics and history, a colony is a territory under the immediate political control of a state. For colonies in antiquity, city-states would often found their own colonies. Some colonies were historically countries, while others were territories without definite statehood from their inception....

 of Portuguese Guinea

Portuguese Guinea

Portuguese Guinea was the name for what is today Guinea-Bissau from 1446 to September 10, 1974.-History:...

, upon independence, the name of its capital, Bissau

Bissau

Bissau is the capital city of Guinea-Bissau. The city's borders are conterminous with the Bissau Autonomous Sector. In 2007, the city had an estimated population of 407,424 according to the Instituto Nacional de Estatística e Censos...

, was added to the country's name in order to prevent confusion between itself and the Republic of Guinea

Guinea

Guinea , officially the Republic of Guinea , is a country in West Africa. Formerly known as French Guinea , it is today sometimes called Guinea-Conakry to distinguish it from its neighbour Guinea-Bissau. Guinea is divided into eight administrative regions and subdivided into thirty-three prefectures...

.

The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Guinea-Bissau:

General reference

• Pronunciation: ˌɡɪni bɨˈsaʊ
• Common English country name: Guinea-Bissau
  Guinea-Bissau
  The Republic of Guinea-Bissau is a country in West Africa. It is bordered by Senegal to the north, and Guinea to the south and east, with the Atlantic Ocean to its west....
  
  
• Official English country name: The Republic of Guinea-Bissau
• Common endonym(s):
• Official endonym(s):
• Adjectival(s): Guinean
• Demonym(s):
• Etymology
  Etymology
  Etymology is the study of the history of words, their origins, and how their form and meaning have changed over time.For languages with a long written history, etymologists make use of texts in these languages and texts about the languages to gather knowledge about how words were used during...
  
  : Name of Guinea-Bissau
• ISO country codes: GW, GNB, 624
• ISO region codes: See ISO 3166-2:GW
  ISO 3166-2:GW
  ISO 3166-2:GW is the entry for Guinea-Bissau in ISO 3166-2, part of the ISO 3166 standard published by the International Organization for Standardization , which defines codes for the names of the principal subdivisions of all countries coded in ISO 3166-1.Currently for Guinea-Bissau, ISO 3166-2...
  
  
• Internet
  Internet
  The Internet is a global system of interconnected computer networks that use the standard Internet protocol suite to serve billions of users worldwide...
  
   country code top-level domain
  Country code top-level domain
  A country code top-level domain is an Internet top-level domain generally used or reserved for a country, a sovereign state, or a dependent territory....
  
  : .gw
  .gw
  .gw is the Internet country code top-level domain for Guinea-Bissau.The Fundacão IT & Media Universidade De Bissau is the central registry for all domains for .gw...
  
  

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:
  • Northern Hemisphere
    Northern Hemisphere
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     and Western Hemisphere
    Western Hemisphere
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  • Africa
    Africa
    Africa is the world's second largest and second most populous continent, after Asia. At about 30.2 million km² including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of the Earth's total surface area and 20.4% of the total land area...
    
    
    • West Africa
      West Africa
      West Africa or Western Africa is the westernmost region of the African continent. Geopolitically, the UN definition of Western Africa includes the following 16 countries and an area of approximately 5 million square km:-Flags of West Africa:...
      
      
• Time zone
  Time zone
  A time zone is a region on Earth that has a uniform standard time for legal, commercial, and social purposes. In order for the same clock time to always correspond to the same portion of the day as the Earth rotates , different places on the Earth need to have different clock times...
  
  : Coordinated Universal Time
  Coordinated Universal Time
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   UTC+00
• Extreme points of Guinea-Bissau
  • High: unnamed location in the northeast corner of the country 300 m (984 ft)
  • Low: North Atlantic Ocean 0 m
• Land boundaries: 724 km

 Guinea 386 km

 Senegal 338 km

• Coastline: North Atlantic Ocean 350 km

Environment of Guinea-Bissau

• Climate of Guinea-Bissau
• Environmental issues in Guinea-Bissau
• Ecoregions in 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
  Wildlife of Guinea-Bissau
  The wildlife of Guinea-Bissau is composed of its rich biodiversity of flora and fauna.-Birds:*Blue-headed Wood-dove*Iris Glossy-starling...
  
  
  • Flora of Guinea-Bissau
  • Fauna of Guinea-Bissau
    • Birds of Guinea-Bissau
    • Mammals of Guinea-Bissau

Natural geographic features of Guinea-Bissau

• Glaciers in Guinea-Bissau: none
• 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

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
  Regions of Guinea-Bissau
  ||Guinea-Bissau is divided into 8 regions and 1 autonomous sector . The regions are listed below :*Bafatá Region *Biombo Region...
  
  
  • Sectors of Guinea-Bissau
    Sectors of Guinea-Bissau
    ||There are 37 sectors of Guinea-Bissau which subdivide the regions. The sectors are listed below, by region:-Bafata Region:*Bafata*Bambadinca*Contuboel*Galomaro*Gamamundo*Xitole-Biombo Region:*Prabis*Quinhamel*Safim...
    
    

Municipalities of Guinea-Bissau

• Capital of Guinea-Bissau: Bissau
• Cities of Guinea-Bissau

Government and politics of Guinea-Bissau

Main article: Government of Guinea-Bissau and Politics of Guinea-Bissau

Politics of Guinea-Bissau

Politics of Guinea-Bissau takes place in a framework of a semi-presidential representative democratic republic in transition, whereby the President is head of state and the Prime Minister is head of government, and of a multi-party system. Executive power is exercised by the government. Legislative...

• Form of government
  Form of government
  A form of government, or form of state governance, refers to the set of political institutions by which a government of a state is organized. Synonyms include "regime type" and "system of government".-Empirical and conceptual problems:...
  
  : semi-presidential
  Semi-presidential system
  The semi-presidential system is a system of government in which a president and a prime minister are both active participants in the day-to-day administration of the state...
  
   representative democratic
  Representative democracy
  Representative democracy is a form of government founded on the principle of elected individuals representing the people, as opposed to autocracy and direct democracy...
  
   republic
  Republic
  A republic is a form of government in which the people, or some significant portion of them, have supreme control over the government and where offices of state are elected or chosen by elected people. In modern times, a common simplified definition of a republic is a government where the head of...
  
  
• Capital of Guinea-Bissau: Bissau

• Elections in Guinea-Bissau
  Elections in Guinea-Bissau
  Elections in Guinea-Bissau gives information on election and election results in Guinea-Bissau.Guinea-Bissau elects on national level a head of state and a legislature. The president is elected for a five year term by the people...
  
  
  • (specific elections)
• Political parties in Guinea-Bissau
• Political scandals of Guinea-Bissau
• Taxation in Guinea-Bissau

Executive branch of the government of Guinea-Bissau

• Head of state
  Head of State
  A head of state is the individual that serves as the chief public representative of a monarchy, republic, federation, commonwealth or other kind of state. His or her role generally includes legitimizing the state and exercising the political powers, functions, and duties granted to the head of...
  
  : President of Guinea-Bissau, Malam Bacai Sanhá
  Malam Bacai Sanhá
  Malam Bacai Sanhá is a Guinea-Bissau politician who has been President of Guinea-Bissau since 8 September 2009. A member of the African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde , Sanhá was President of the National People's Assembly from 1994 to 1999 and then served as acting President...
  
  
• Head of government
  Head of government
  Head of government is the chief officer of the executive branch of a government, often presiding over a cabinet. In a parliamentary system, the head of government is often styled prime minister, chief minister, premier, etc...
  
  : Prime Minister of Guinea-Bissau, Carlos Gomes Júnior
  Carlos Gomes Júnior
  Carlos Domingos Gomes Júnior is the Prime Minister of Guinea-Bissau. He was previously Prime Minister from 10 May 2004 to 2 November 2005, and he was again appointed to that post on 25 December 2008...
  
  
• Cabinet of Guinea-Bissau

Legislative branch of the government of Guinea-Bissau

• Parliament of Guinea-Bissau (unicameral)

Judicial branch of the government of Guinea-Bissau

• Supreme Court of Guinea-Bissau

Foreign relations of Guinea-Bissau

• Diplomatic missions in Guinea-Bissau
• Diplomatic missions of Guinea-Bissau
  Diplomatic missions of Guinea-Bissau
  This is a list of diplomatic missions of Guinea-Bissau, excluding honorary consulates. The Republic of Guinea-Bissau follows a nonaligned foreign policy and seeks friendly and cooperative relations with a wide variety of states and organizations...
  
  

International organization membership

The Republic of Guinea-Bissau is a member of:

• African, Caribbean, and Pacific Group of States (ACP)
• African Development Bank Group (AfDB)
• African Union
  African Union
  The African Union is a union consisting of 54 African states. The only all-African state not in the AU is Morocco. Established on 9 July 2002, the AU was formed as a successor to the Organisation of African Unity...
  
   (AU)
• Comunidade dos Países de Língua Portuguesa (CPLP)
• Conference des Ministres des Finances des Pays de la Zone Franc (FZ)
• Economic Community of West African States
  Economic Community of West African States
  The Economic Community of West African States is a regional group of fifteen West African countries. Founded on 28 May 1975, with the signing of the Treaty of Lagos, its mission is to promote economic integration across the region....
  
   (ECOWAS)
• Food and Agriculture Organization
  Food and Agriculture Organization
  The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations is a specialised agency of the United Nations that leads international efforts to defeat hunger. Serving both developed and developing countries, FAO acts as a neutral forum where all nations meet as equals to negotiate agreements and...
  
   (FAO)
• Group of 77
  Group of 77
  The Group of 77 at the United Nations is a loose coalition of developing nations, designed to promote its members' collective economic interests and create an enhanced joint negotiating capacity in the United Nations. There were 77 founding members of the organization, but the organization has...
  
   (G77)
• International Bank for Reconstruction and Development
  International Bank for Reconstruction and Development
  The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development is one of five institutions that compose the World Bank Group. The IBRD is an international organization whose original mission was to finance the reconstruction of nations devastated by World War II. Now, its mission has expanded to fight...
  
   (IBRD)
• International Civil Aviation Organization
  International Civil Aviation Organization
  The International Civil Aviation Organization , pronounced , , is a specialized agency of the United Nations. It codifies the principles and techniques of international air navigation and fosters the planning and development of international air transport to ensure safe and orderly growth...
  
   (ICAO)
• International Criminal Court
  International Criminal Court
  The International Criminal Court is a permanent tribunal to prosecute individuals for genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes, and the crime of aggression .It came into being on 1 July 2002—the date its founding treaty, the Rome Statute of the...
  
   (ICCt) (signatory)
• International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol)
• International Development Association
  International Development Association
  The International Development Association , is the part of the World Bank that helps the world’s poorest countries. It complements the World Bank's other lending arm — the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development — which serves middle-income countries with capital investment and...
  
   (IDA)
• International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
  International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
  The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies is a humanitarian institution that is part of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement along with the ICRC and 186 distinct National Societies...
  
   (IFRCS)
• International Finance Corporation
  International Finance Corporation
  The International Finance Corporation promotes sustainable private sector investment in developing countries.IFC is a member of the World Bank Group and is headquartered in Washington, D.C., United States....
  
   (IFC)
• International Fund for Agricultural Development
  International Fund for Agricultural Development
  The International Fund for Agricultural Development , a specialized agency of the United Nations, was established as an international financial institution in 1977 as one of the major outcomes of the 1974 World Food Conference. IFAD is dedicated to eradicating rural poverty in developing countries...
  
   (IFAD)
• International Labour Organization
  International Labour Organization
  The International Labour Organization is a specialized agency of the United Nations that deals with labour issues pertaining to international labour standards. Its headquarters are in Geneva, Switzerland. Its secretariat — the people who are employed by it throughout the world — is known as the...
  
   (ILO)
• International Maritime Organization
  International Maritime Organization
  The International Maritime Organization , formerly known as the Inter-Governmental Maritime Consultative Organization , was established in Geneva in 1948, and came into force ten years later, meeting for the first time in 1959...
  
   (IMO)
• International Monetary Fund
  International Monetary Fund
  The International Monetary Fund is an organization of 187 countries, working to foster global monetary cooperation, secure financial stability, facilitate international trade, promote high employment and sustainable economic growth, and reduce poverty around the world...
  
   (IMF)
• International Olympic Committee
  International Olympic Committee
  The International Olympic Committee is an international corporation based in Lausanne, Switzerland, created by Pierre de Coubertin on 23 June 1894 with Demetrios Vikelas as its first president...
  
   (IOC)
• International Organization for Migration
  International Organization for Migration
  The International Organization for Migration is an intergovernmental organization. It was initially established in 1951 as the Intergovernmental Committee for European Migration to help resettle people displaced by World War II....
  
   (IOM)
• International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement
  International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement
  The International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement is an international humanitarian movement with approximately 97 million volunteers, members and staff worldwide which was founded to protect human life and health, to ensure respect for all human beings, and to prevent and alleviate human...
  
   (ICRM)
• International Telecommunication Union
  International Telecommunication Union
  The International Telecommunication Union is the specialized agency of the United Nations which is responsible for information and communication technologies...
  
   (ITU)

• International Telecommunications Satellite Organization
  International Telecommunications Satellite Organization
  The International Telecommunications Satellite Organization is an intergovernmental organisation charged with overseeing the public service obligations of Intelsat.-External links:*...
  
   (ITSO)
• International Trade Union Confederation
  International Trade Union Confederation
  The International Trade Union Confederation is the world's largest trade union federation. It was formed on November 1, 2006 out of the merger of the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions and the World Confederation of Labour...
  
   (ITUC)
• Islamic Development Bank
  Islamic Development Bank
  The Islamic Development Bank is a multilateral development financing institution located in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. It was founded by the first conference of Finance Ministers of the Organisation of the Islamic Conference , convened 23 Dhu'l Qa'dah 1393 AH.The bank officially began its activities on...
  
   (IDB)
• Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency
  Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency
  The Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency is a member organization of the World Bank Group that offers political risk insurance. It was established to promote foreign direct investment into developing countries. MIGA was founded in 1988 with a capital base of $1 billion and is headquartered in...
  
   (MIGA)
• Nonaligned Movement (NAM)
• Organisation internationale de la Francophonie (OIF)
• Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC)
• Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW)
• União Latina
• United Nations
  United Nations
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   (UN)
• United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
  United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
  The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development was established in 1964 as a permanent intergovernmental body. It is the principal organ of the United Nations General Assembly dealing with trade, investment, and development issues....
  
   (UNCTAD)
• United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
• United Nations Industrial Development Organization
  United Nations Industrial Development Organization
  The United Nations Industrial Development Organization , French/Spanish acronym ONUDI, is a specialized agency in the United Nations system, headquartered in Vienna, Austria...
  
   (UNIDO)
• Universal Postal Union
  Universal Postal Union
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   (UPU)
• West African Development Bank
  West African Development Bank
  The West African Development Bank - WADB is an international Multilateral Development Bank established in 1973 to serve the nations of Francophone and Lusophone West Africa...
  
   (WADB) (regional)
• West African Economic and Monetary Union (WAEMU)
• World Federation of Trade Unions
  World Federation of Trade Unions
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   (WFTU)
• World Health Organization
  World Health Organization
  The World Health Organization is a specialized agency of the United Nations that acts as a coordinating authority on international public health. Established on 7 April 1948, with headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, the agency inherited the mandate and resources of its predecessor, the Health...
  
   (WHO)
• World Intellectual Property Organization
  World Intellectual Property Organization
  The World Intellectual Property Organization is one of the 17 specialized agencies of the United Nations. WIPO was created in 1967 "to encourage creative activity, to promote the protection of intellectual property throughout the world"....
  
   (WIPO)
• World Meteorological Organization
  World Meteorological Organization
  The World Meteorological Organization is an intergovernmental organization with a membership of 189 Member States and Territories. It originated from the International Meteorological Organization , which was founded in 1873...
  
   (WMO)
• World Tourism Organization
  World Tourism Organization
  The World Tourism Organization , based in Madrid, Spain, is a United Nations agency dealing with questions relating to tourism. It compiles the World Tourism rankings. The World Tourism Organization is a significant global body, concerned with the collection and collation of statistical information...
  
   (UNWTO)
• World Trade Organization
  World Trade Organization
  The World Trade Organization is an organization that intends to supervise and liberalize international trade. The organization officially commenced on January 1, 1995 under the Marrakech Agreement, replacing the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade , which commenced in 1948...
  
   (WTO)

Law and order in Guinea-Bissau

Main article: Law of Guinea-Bissau

• Capital punishment in Guinea-Bissau
• Constitution of Guinea-Bissau
• Crime in Guinea-Bissau
• Human rights in Guinea-Bissau
  • LGBT rights in Guinea-Bissau
    LGBT rights in Guinea-Bissau
    Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender persons in Guinea-Bissau face legal challenges not experienced by non-LGBT residents. Both male and female homosexual acts are legal.-Law regarding same-sex sexual activity:...
    
    
  • Freedom of religion in Guinea-Bissau
• Law enforcement in Guinea-Bissau

Military of Guinea-Bissau

Main article: Military of Guinea-Bissau

Military of Guinea-Bissau

The Armed Forces of Guinea-Bissau consist of an Army, Navy, Air Force and paramilitary forces. A 2008 United Nations Development Programme census estimated that there were around 4,000 personnel in the Armed Forces. An earlier CIA World Fact Book figure was 9,250...

• Command
  • Commander-in-chief
    Commander-in-Chief
    A commander-in-chief is the commander of a nation's military forces or significant element of those forces. In the latter case, the force element may be defined as those forces within a particular region or those forces which are associated by function. As a practical term it refers to the military...
    
    :
    • Ministry of Defence of Guinea-Bissau
• 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

History of Guinea-Bissau

The history of Guinea-Bissau was dominated by Portugal from the 1450s to the 1970s; since independence, the country has been primarily controlled by a single-party system.-Portuguese rule:...

, Timeline of the history of Guinea-Bissau, and Current events of Guinea-Bissau

• Economic history 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
• Ethnic minorities in Guinea-Bissau
• Festivals in Guinea-Bissau
• Humor in Guinea-Bissau
• Languages of Guinea-Bissau
  Languages of Guinea-Bissau
  The official language of Guinea-Bissau is Portuguese, despite being spoken by only 14% of the population. Kriol is spoken by 44% of the population. French is also learned in schools, as the country is surrounded by French-speaking countries and is a full member of the Francophonie as well as the...
  
  
• Media in Guinea-Bissau
• National symbols of Guinea-Bissau
  • Coat of arms of Guinea-Bissau
  • Flag of Guinea-Bissau
    Flag of Guinea-Bissau
    The flag of Guinea-Bissau was adopted in 1973 when independence from Portugal was proclaimed.- History :Like the former flag of Cape Verde, the flag is based on that of the Partido Africano para a Independencia da Guine e Cabo Verde , still the dominant party in Guinea-Bissau...
    
    
  • National anthem of Guinea-Bissau
• People of Guinea-Bissau
• Prostitution in Guinea-Bissau
• Public holidays in Guinea-Bissau
• Records of Guinea-Bissau
• Religion in Guinea-Bissau
  Religion in Guinea-Bissau
  An estimated 38 to 45 percent of the population of Guinea-Bissau is Muslim, and 5 to 13 percent is Christian. The remainder of the population follows traditional indigenous or animist religious practices. There are few atheists. Islam is practiced most widely by the Fula and Mandinka ethnic groups,...
  
  
  • Buddhism in Guinea-Bissau
  • Christianity in Guinea-Bissau
    Christianity in Guinea-Bissau
    Christians in Guinea-Bissau constitute approximately 10 percent of the country's population . Other sources report, that the population of Christians in Guinea-Bissau may vary from 5 to 13%...
    
    
  • Hinduism in Guinea-Bissau
  • Islam in Guinea-Bissau
    Islam in Guinea-Bissau
    Islam is the predominant religion of Guinea-Bissau, numbering an estimated 50% of the roughly 1.4 million nationals as followers making it the largest religion of the country....
    
    
  • 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
  Music of Guinea-Bissau
  The music of Guinea-Bissau is usually associated with the polyrhythmic gumbe genre, the country's primary musical export. However, civil unrest and a small size have combined over the years to keep gumbe, and other genres, out of mainstream audiences, even in generally syncretist African...
  
  
• Television in Guinea-Bissau
• Theatre in Guinea-Bissau

Sports in Guinea-Bissau

Main article: Sports in Guinea-Bissau

• Football in Guinea-Bissau
  Football in Guinea-Bissau
  The sport of football in the country of Guinea-Bissau is run by the Federação de Futebol da Guiné-Bissau. The association administers the national football team, as well as the national league....
  
  
• Guinea-Bissau at the Olympics
  Guinea-Bissau at the Olympics
  Guinea-Bissau has sent athletes to every Summer Olympic Games held since 1996, although the country has never won an Olympic medal. No athletes from Guinea-Bissau have competed in any Winter Olympic Games....
  
  

Economy and infrastructure of Guinea-Bissau

Main article: Economy of Guinea-Bissau

Economy of Guinea-Bissau

Guinea-Bissau is among the world's least developed nations and one of the 10 poorest countries in the world, and depends mainly on agriculture and fishing. Cashew crops have increased remarkably in recent years, and the country now ranks sixth in cashew production. Guinea-Bissau exports fish and...

• 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
  Communications in Guinea-Bissau
  Communications in Guinea-Bissau.Telephones - main lines in use:4,600 country comparison to the world: 214Telephones - mobile cellular:500,200 country comparison to the world: 155Telephone system:small system...
  
  
  • Internet in Guinea-Bissau
• Companies of Guinea-Bissau
• Currency of Guinea-Bissau
  Currency
  In economics, currency refers to a generally accepted medium of exchange. These are usually the coins and banknotes of a particular government, which comprise the physical aspects of a nation's money supply...
  
  : Franc
  West African CFA franc
  The West African CFA franc is the currency of eight independent states in West Africa: Benin, Burkina Faso, Côte d'Ivoire, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Niger, Sénégal and Togo. The acronym CFA stands for Communauté financière d'Afrique...
  
  
  • ISO 4217
    ISO 4217
    ISO 4217 is a standard published by the International Standards Organization, which delineates currency designators, country codes , and references to minor units in three tables:* Table A.1 – Current currency & funds code list...
    
    : XOF
• Economic history of Guinea-Bissau
• Energy in Guinea-Bissau
  • Energy policy of Guinea-Bissau
  • Oil industry in Guinea-Bissau
• Health care in Guinea-Bissau
• Mining in Guinea-Bissau
  Mining in Guinea-Bissau
  Mining in Guinea-Bissau is limited to small-scale production of construction materials, such as clays, granite, limestone, and sand and gravel. The country’s prospective minerals include bauxite, diamond, gold, heavy minerals, petroleum, and phosphate rock....
  
  
• Guinea-Bissau Stock Exchange
• Tourism in Guinea-Bissau
• Transport in Guinea-Bissau
  Transport in Guinea-Bissau
  - Railways :There are no railways in Guinea-Bissau.In 1998 an agreement was signed between Portugal and Guinea-Bissau for construction of railway to Guinea...
  
  
  • Airports in Guinea-Bissau
  • Rail transport in Guinea-Bissau
  • Roads in Guinea-Bissau
• Water supply and sanitation in Guinea-Bissau

See also

• 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 Africa
  The following outline provides an overview of and topical guide to the continent Africa:Africa – world's second largest and second most populous continent, after Asia.-Geography of Africa:* Atlas of Africa* List of cities in Africa...
  
  
• Outline of geography
  Outline of geography
  The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to geography:Geography – science that studies the lands, features, inhabitants, and phenomena of Earth.- Geography is :...
  
  

External links

• Official government website
• AllAfrica news headline links
• BBC News Country Profile
• CIA World Factbook
• Africa South of the Sahara - Stanford University
  Stanford University
  The Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly referred to as Stanford University or Stanford, is a private research university on an campus located near Palo Alto, California. It is situated in the northwestern Santa Clara Valley on the San Francisco Peninsula, approximately northwest of San...
  
  
• 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
• Mobile operators in Guinea-Bissau