| Official
Name : |
RÉPUBLIQUE DU GUINEÉ (Republic of Guinea) |
| Total
Area: |
245,857
square kilometres
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| Population: |
10,600.000
(2011 estimate).
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| Languages: |
French (official), Fulani, Malinké, Kissi, Susu, Kpelle, Loma, Bissari and Koniagi. |
| Religions: |
Muslim 80%, Christian 15%. (44,000 are RC ) |
| Capital: |
Conakry population 1.6 million (2009) |
| Currency: |
guinean franc, subdivided into 100 centimes. |
| Independant: |
1958, from France. |
| Geography: |
The Mangrove swamps and lagoons of the coast and cultivated plains are backed by the Futa Jalon Highlands in the east and north the Niger, Sénégal and Gambia rivers all rise in the Fouta Massif. South and Southwest the forested massif 1752 m at at Mt Nimbu on the Liberian Border. |
| Flag: |
Colonization by France, Portugal and Britain established the slave trade in Guinea. French Guinea became independant and adopted the red-yellow-green flag of many 1950s liberation movements.
The Flag proportions are 2:3. To print flag below, click and select "open image in new window", |
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