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| Official
Name : |
RÉPUBLIQUE
DE GUINEÉ (Republic of Guinea) |
| Land
Area: |
245,858
square kilometres / 94,901 square miles. |
| Population: |
9,468,000
(est 2005). Density 38.63 persons per square kilometre. |
| Languages: |
French
(official), Fulani, Malinké, Susu, Kepelle, Loma, Koniagi. |
| Religions: |
Traditional 65%, Muslim 35%, Christian 5% . |
| Capital: |
Conakry.
Population 980,000 |
| Currency: |
Guinea
franc, divided into 100 centimes. |
| Political: |
1993,
strongman Conte (head of the military government) was elected president of a civilian
government. He was reelected in 1998 and again in 2003. Unrest in Sierra Leone
and Liberia has spilled over into Guinea on several occasions over the past decade,
threatening stability and creating humanitarian emergencies. Guinea is rated one
of the poorest countries in Africa. |
| Geography: |
Mangrove
swamps and lagoons of the coast and the cultivated coastal plains are backed by
the Fouta Djalon highlands in the east. The northeastern savannah is cut by rivers
flowing towards the river Niger's upper basin. Southwest the forested massif rises
to 1752m at Mt Nimba on the border with Côte d'Ivoire. |
