Guinea
country
Conakry
capital city
French
language(s)
GNF
currency
245,857 km²
area
9,467,866
population
38.51 people/km²
population density
Guinea
Regions of Guinea
- Capitale d'État-Zone Spéciale de Conakry
- Préfecture de Beyla
- Préfecture de Boffa
- Préfecture de Boké
- Préfecture de Coyah
- Préfecture de Dabola
- Préfecture de Dalaba
- Préfecture de Dinguiraye
- Préfecture de Dubréka
- Préfecture de Faranah
- Préfecture de Forécariah
- Préfecture de Fria
- Préfecture de Gaoual
- Préfecture de Guékédou
- Préfecture de Kankan
- Préfecture de Kindia
- Préfecture de Kissidougou
- Préfecture de Koubia
- Préfecture de Koundara
- Préfecture de Kouroussa
- Préfecture de Kérouané
- Préfecture de Labé
- Préfecture de Lola
- Préfecture de Lélouma
- Préfecture de Macenta
- Préfecture de Mali
- Préfecture de Mamou
- Préfecture de Mandiana
- Préfecture de Nzérékoré
- Préfecture de Pita
- Préfecture de Siguiri
- Préfecture de Tougué
- Préfecture de Télimélé
- Préfecture de Yomou
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Guinea description
Guinea, officially Republic of Guinea (pronounced /ˈgɪni/, French: République de Guinée), is a country in West Africa, formerly known as French Guinea. The country's current population is estimated at 10,211,437 (CIA 2008 estimate). Guinea's territory has a curved shape, with its base at the Atlantic Ocean, inland to the east, and turning south. The base borders Guinea-Bissau and Senegal to the north, and Mali to the north and north-east; the inland part borders Côte d'Ivoire to the south-east, Liberia to the south, and Sierra Leone to the west of the southern tip. Its water sources include the Niger, Senegal, and Gambia rivers. Conakry is the capital, seat of the national government and largest city. At 94,919 square miles (245,857 km²), Guinea is roughly the size of the United Kingdom and slightly smaller than the U.S. state of Oregon. There are 200 miles (320 km) of coastline. The total land border is 2,112 miles (3,399 km). The countries bordering Guinea include Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast), Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Senegal, Sierra Leone. The country is divided into four main regions: the Basse-Cote lowlands in the west along the coast, populated mainly by the Susu ethnic group; the cooler, mountainous Fouta Djalon that run roughly north-south through the middle of the country, populated by Peuls, the Sahelian Haute-Guinea to the northeast, populated by Malinkes, and the forested jungle regions in the southeast, with several ethnic groups. Guinea's mountains are the source for the Niger, the Gambia, and Senegal Rivers, as well as the numerous rivers flowing to the sea on the west side of the range in Sierra Leone and Ivory Coast. The highest point in Guinea is Mont Nimba at 5,748 feet (1,752 m). Although the Guinean and Ivorian sides of the Nimba Massif are a UNESCO Strict Nature Reserve, the portion of the so-called Guinean Backbone continues into Liberia, where it has been mined for decades; the damage is quite evident in the Nzérékoré Region at 7°32′17″N 8°29′50″W / 7.53806, -8.49722.
