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is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Guinea:

Guinea Guinea ( ),, fuf, 𞤘𞤭𞤲𞤫, italic=no, Gine, wo, Gine, nqo, ߖߌ߬ߣߍ߫, bm, Gine officially the Republic of Guinea (french: République de Guinée), is a coastal country in West Africa. It borders the Atlantic Ocean to the we ...

– country located in West Africa, that was formerly known as French Guinea. 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 Ivory Coast, also known as Côte d'Ivoire, officially the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire, is a country on the southern coast of West Africa. Its capital is Yamoussoukro, in the centre of the country, while its largest city and economic centre is ...

to the south-east,

Liberia Liberia (), officially the Republic of Liberia, is a country on the West African coast. It is bordered by Sierra Leone to Liberia–Sierra Leone border, its northwest, Guinea to its north, Ivory Coast to its east, and the Atlantic Ocean ...

to the south, and Sierra Leone to the west of the southern tip. Its water sources include the Niger, Senegal, and

Gambia The Gambia,, ff, Gammbi, ar, غامبيا officially the Republic of The Gambia, is a country in West Africa. It is the smallest country within mainland AfricaHoare, Ben. (2002) ''The Kingfisher A-Z Encyclopedia'', Kingfisher Publicatio ...

rivers. Guinea is sometimes called Guinea-Conakry (Conakry being its capital) to differentiate it from the neighboring Guinea-Bissau (whose capital is

Bissau Bissau () is the capital, and largest city of Guinea-Bissau. Bissau had a population of 492,004. Bissau is located on the Geba River estuary, off the Atlantic Ocean, and is Guinea-Bissau's largest city, major port, and its administrative and m ...

General reference

* Pronunciation: * Common English country names:

Guinea-Conakry Guinea ( ),, fuf, 𞤘𞤭𞤲𞤫, italic=no, Gine, wo, Gine, nqo, ߖߌ߬ߣߍ߫, bm, Gine officially the Republic of Guinea (french: République de Guinée), is a coastal country in West Africa. It borders the Atlantic Ocean to the we ...

* Official English country name: The

Republic of Guinea Guinea ( ),, fuf, 𞤘𞤭𞤲𞤫, italic=no, Gine, wo, Gine, nqo, ߖߌ߬ߣߍ߫, bm, Gine officially the Republic of Guinea (french: République de Guinée), is a coastal country in West Africa West Africa or Western Africa is t ...

* Common

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(s): * Official endonym(s): * Adjectival(s): Guinean *

Demonym A demonym (; ) or gentilic () is a word that identifies a group of people (inhabitants, residents, natives) in relation to a particular place. Demonyms are usually derived from the name of the place (hamlet, village, town, city, region, province, ...

(s): * ISO country codes: GN, GIN, 324 * ISO region codes: See ISO 3166-2:GN * Internet country code top-level domain:

.gn .gn is the country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for Guinea Guinea ( ),, fuf, 𞤘𞤭𞤲𞤫, italic=no, Gine, wo, Gine, nqo, ߖߌ߬ߣߍ߫, bm, Gine officially the Republic of Guinea (french: République de Guinée), is a coastal ...

Geography of Guinea

Geography of Guinea Guinea is a country on the coast of West Africa and is bordered by Guinea-Bissau, Senegal, Mali, Ivory Coast, Liberia, and Sierra Leone. Guinea is divided into four geographic regions: Maritime Guinea (Lower Guinea) a coastal plain running north ...

* Guinea is: a country * Population of Guinea: 9,370,000 - 87th most populous country * Area of Guinea: 245,857 km² * Atlas of Guinea

Location

* Guinea is situated within the following regions: **

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and Western Hemisphere ** Africa *** West Africa * Time zone: Coordinated Universal Time

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* Extreme points of Guinea ** High: Mont Nimba ** Low: North Atlantic Ocean 0 m * Land boundaries: 3,399 km *: 858 km *: 652 km *: 610 km *: 563 km *: 386 km *: 330 km ** Coastline: North Atlantic Ocean 320 km

Environment of Guinea

* Climate of Guinea *

Geology of Guinea Geologically, Guinea is covered by a crust of a very large Archean West African Craton with its northern and western regions having formations of younger Proterozoic rocks and its eastern region consists greenstone belts under the Birimian Supergr ...

Protected areas of Guinea The protected areas of Guinea include national parks, a strict nature reserve, a faunal reserve, and classified forests.UNEP-WCMC (2020). Protected Area Profile for Guinea from the World Database of Protected Areas, June 2020. Available at: www ...

Wildlife of Guinea The wildlife of Guinea is very diverse due to the wide variety of different habitats. The southern part of the country lies within Guinean Forests of West Africa Biodiversity Hotspot, while the north-east is characterized by dry savanna woodlands. ...

** Fauna of Guinea *** Birds of Guinea *** Insects of Guinea **** Butterflies of Guinea **** Moths of Guinea *** Mammals of Guinea

Natural geographic features of Guinea

* Glaciers in Guinea: none The only glaciers in Africa are on Mt Kenya (in Kenya), on Kilimanjaro (in Tanzania), and in the Ruwenzori Mountains (which are located in Uganda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo). Se
Proceedings of the Riederalp Workshop, September 1978; Actes de l'Atelier de Riederalp, septembre 1978): IAHS-AISH Publ. no. 126, 1980.
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Upper Guinean forests The Upper Guinean forests is a tropical seasonal forest region of West Africa. The Upper Guinean forests extend from Guinea and Sierra Leone in the west through Liberia, Côte d'Ivoire and Ghana to Togo in the east, and a few hundred kilometers inl ...

*** Western Guinean lowland forests *** Guinean montane forests **

Guinean forest-savanna mosaic Guinea ( ),, fuf, 𞤘𞤭𞤲𞤫, italic=no, Gine, wo, Gine, nqo, ߖߌ߬ߣߍ߫, bm, Gine officially the Republic of Guinea (french: République de Guinée), is a coastal country in West Africa. It borders the Atlantic Ocean to the we ...

Guinean mangroves The Guinean mangroves are a coastal ecoregion of mangrove swamps in rivers and estuaries near the ocean of West Africa from Senegal to Sierra Leone. Location and description Guinean mangroves can be found: in the Saloum River and Casamance del ...

* Rivers of Guinea *

World Heritage Sites in Guinea In its most general sense, the term "world" refers to the totality of entities, to the whole of reality or to everything that is. The nature of the world has been conceptualized differently in different fields. Some conceptions see the worl ...

Regions of Guinea

Natural regions of Guinea Guinea is divided into four natural regions with distinct human, geographic, and climatic characteristics: * Maritime Guinea (''La Guinée Maritime'') covers 34% of the country * Middle Guinea (''La Moyenne-Guinée'') covers 20% of the country * U ...

Ecoregions of Guinea

Ecoregions in Guinea – the following ecoregions lie partially within Guinea: *

** Western Guinean lowland forests ** Guinean montane forests *

* West Sudanian savanna *

Administrative divisions of Guinea

Administrative divisions of Guinea Guinea is divided into four natural regions with distinct human, geographic, and climatic characteristics: *Maritime Guinea (''La Guinée Maritime'') covers 34% of the country * Middle Guinea (''La Moyenne-Guinée'') covers 20% of the country * Up ...

* Regions of Guinea ** Prefectures of Guinea *** Sub-prefectures of Guinea

= Regions of Guinea

= Prefectures of Guinea

= Municipalities of Guinea

= *

Capital Capital may refer to: Common uses * Capital city, a municipality of primary status ** List of national capital cities * Capital letter, an upper-case letter Economics and social sciences * Capital (economics), the durable produced goods used f ...

of Guinea:

Conakry Conakry (; ; sus, Kɔnakiri; N’ko: ߞߐߣߊߞߙߌ߫, Fula: ''Konaakiri'' 𞤑𞤮𞤲𞤢𞥄𞤳𞤭𞤪𞤭) is the capital and largest city of Guinea. A port city, it serves as the economic, financial and cultural centre of Guinea. Its p ...

* Cities of Guinea

Demography of Guinea

Demographics of Guinea Demographics of Guinea describes the condition and overview of Guinea's peoples. Demographic topics include basic education, health, and population statistics as well as identified racial and religious affiliations. Population According to the ...

Government and politics of Guinea

Politics of Guinea Politics of Guinea takes place in a framework of a presidential representative democratic republic, whereby the President of Guinea is both head of state and head of government of Guinea. Executive power is exercised by the government. Legislativ ...

Form of government A government is the system or group of people governing an organized community, generally a state. In the case of its broad associative definition, government normally consists of legislature, executive, and judiciary. Government is a ...

presidential President most commonly refers to: *President (corporate title) *President (education), a leader of a college or university * President (government title) President may also refer to: Automobiles * Nissan President, a 1966–2010 Japanese fu ...

republic A republic () is a "state in which power rests with the people or their representatives; specifically a state without a monarchy" and also a "government, or system of government, of such a state." Previously, especially in the 17th and 18th c ...

of Guinea:

Elections in Guinea Guinea elects on the national level a head of state—the president—and a legislature. The president is elected for a five-year term by the people through a two-round system (i.e. if no candidate secures a majority of the votes, there is a runof ...

** Guinean general election, 1968 ** Guinean general election, 1974 **

Guinean legislative election, 1963 Parliamentary elections were held in Guinea on 28 September 1963. At the time the country was a one-party state with the Democratic Party of Guinea – African Democratic Rally as the sole legal party. It therefore won all of the 75 seats in the ...

** Guinean legislative election, 1980 ** Guinean legislative election, 1995 **

Guinean legislative election, 2002 Parliamentary elections were held in Guinea on 30 June 2002 after several postponements, over two years after it was originally scheduled to be held. The result was a victory for President Lansana Conté's Unity and Progress Party, which won 85 o ...

Guinean legislative election, 2013 Legislative elections were held in Guinea on 28 September 2013 after numerous delays and postponements. President Alpha Condé's party, the Rally of the Guinean People (RPG) emerged as the largest party in the National Assembly with 53 of the 11 ...

Political parties in Guinea This article lists political parties in Guinea. Guinea has a multi-party system with various parties in the country. Political parties Parliamentary parties Other parties *African Democratic Party of Guinea () *Party of Unity and Progres ...

Branches of the government of Guinea

Government of Guinea Politics of Guinea takes place in a framework of a presidential representative democratic republic, whereby the President of Guinea is both head of state and head of government of Guinea. Executive power is exercised by the government. Legisla ...

Executive branch of the government of Guinea

* Head of state: President of Guinea * Head of government: President of Guinea * Cabinet of Guinea ** Cabinet of the First Republic of Guinea – governing body of Guinea from independence on 28 September 1958 until the death of President Ahmed Sékou Touré on 26 March 1984, followed by a bloodless coup by Colonel Lansana Conté on 5 April 1984. **

Ministers of Justice of Guinea The Ministry of Justice oversees the administration and management of the justice system in Guinea. List of ministers A list of Ministers of Justice of Guinea follows, from independence to the present. See also * Justice ministry * Politics o ...

Legislative branch of the government of Guinea

* National Assembly ( unicameral)

Judicial branch of the government of Guinea

Foreign relations of Guinea

Foreign relations of Guinea The foreign relations of Guinea, including those with its West African neighbors, have improved steadily since 1985. Diplomatic history Guinea re-established relations with France and West Germany in 1975, and with neighboring Ivory Coast and ...

Diplomatic missions in Guinea Diplomatics (in American English, and in most anglophone countries), or diplomatic (in British English), is a scholarly discipline centred on the critical analysis of documents: especially, historical documents. It focuses on the conventions, p ...

Diplomatic missions of Guinea This is a list of diplomatic missions of Guinea, excluding honorary consulates. Guinea's relations with other countries, including with West African neighbors, have improved steadily since 1985. Guinea reestablished relations with France and Germa ...

** Embassy of Guinea in Washington, D.C. ** Embassy of Guinea, London

International organization membership

The Republic of Guinea is a member of: * African, Caribbean, and Pacific Group of States (ACP) *

African Development Bank Group The African Development Bank Group (AfDB) or (BAD) is a multilateral development finance institution headquartered in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, since September 2014. The AfDB is a financial provider to African governments and private companies in ...

(AfDB) *

African Union The African Union (AU) is a continental union consisting of 55 member states located on the continent of Africa. The AU was announced in the Sirte Declaration in Sirte, Libya, on 9 September 1999, calling for the establishment of the Africa ...

(AU) * Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) * Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) *

Group of 77 The Group of 77 (G77) at the United Nations (UN) is a coalition of 134 developing countries, designed to promote its members' collective economic interests and create an enhanced joint negotiating capacity in the United Nations. There were 77 fou ...

(G77) *

International Bank for Reconstruction and Development The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) is an international financial institution, established in 1944 and headquartered in Washington, D.C., United States, that is the lending arm of World Bank Group. The IBRD offers l ...

(IBRD) * International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) * International Criminal Court (ICCt) *

International Criminal Police Organization The International Criminal Police Organization (ICPO; french: link=no, Organisation internationale de police criminelle), commonly known as Interpol ( , ), is an international organization that facilitates worldwide police cooperation and cri ...

(Interpol) *

International Development Association The International Development Association (IDA) (french: link=no, Association internationale de développement) is an international financial institution which offers concessional loans and grants to the world's poorest developing countries. Th ...

(IDA) *

International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) is a worldwide humanitarian aid organization that reaches 160 million people each year through its 192-member National Societies. It acts before, during and after disas ...

(IFRCS) * International Finance Corporation (IFC) *

International Fund for Agricultural Development The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD; french: link=no, Fonds international de développement agricole (FIDA)) is an international financial institution and a specialised agency of the United Nations that works to address ...

(IFAD) * International Labour Organization (ILO) *

International Maritime Organization The International Maritime Organization (IMO, French: ''Organisation maritime internationale'') is a specialised agency of the United Nations responsible for regulating shipping. The IMO was established following agreement at a UN conference ...

(IMO) * International Monetary Fund (IMF) * International Olympic Committee (IOC) * International Organization for Migration (IOM) * International Organization for Standardization (ISO) (correspondent) *

International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement The International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement is a humanitarian movement with approximately 97 million volunteers, members and staff worldwide. It was founded to protect human life and health, to ensure respect for all human beings, an ...

(ICRM) * International Telecommunication Union (ITU) * International Telecommunications Satellite Organization (ITSO) * International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) *

Inter-Parliamentary Union The Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU; french: Union Interparlementaire, UIP) is an inter-parliamentary institution, international organization of national parliaments. Its primary purpose is to promote democratic governance, accountability, and coop ...

(IPU) * Islamic Development Bank (IDB) * Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA) *

Nonaligned Movement The Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) is a forum of 120 countries that are not formally aligned with or against any major power bloc. After the United Nations, it is the largest grouping of states worldwide. The movement originated in the aftermath ...

(NAM) *'' Organisation internationale de la Francophonie'' (OIF) * Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) * Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) * United Nations (UN) * United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) *

United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization is a specialized agency of the United Nations (UN) aimed at promoting world peace and security through international cooperation in education, arts, sciences and culture. It ...

(UNESCO) * United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) * United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) * United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO) *

United Nations Mission in the Sudan The United Nations Mission in the Sudan (UNMIS) was established by the UN Security Council under Resolution 1590 of 24 March 2005, in response to the signing of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement between the government of the Sudan and the Sudan ...

(UNMIS) * United Nations Operation in Cote d'Ivoire (UNOCI) * Universal Postal Union (UPU) * World Confederation of Labour (WCL) * World Customs Organization (WCO) * World Federation of Trade Unions (WFTU) * World Health Organization (WHO) * World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) * World Meteorological Organization (WMO) * World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) * World Trade Organization (WTO)

Law and order in Guinea

Law of Guinea * National Police and National Gendermeries *

Constitution of Guinea Guinea has had four constitutions. The latest constitution was approved by referendum on 19 April 2010 and formally adopted on 7 May. However, it was later dissolved on 5 September 2021, following the 2021 Guinean coup. Background A constitutio ...

Guinean constitutional referendum, 1958 A constitutional referendum was held in Guinea on 28 September 1958 as part of a wider referendum across the French Union (and France itself) on whether to adopt the new French Constitution. If the territory voted to accept the new constitutio ...

** Guinean constitutional referendum, 1990 **

Guinean constitutional referendum, 2001 A constitutional referendum was held in Guinea on 11 November 2001. The new constitution would remove presidential term limits, and increase the term from five to seven years.

* Crime in Guinea **

Human trafficking in Guinea Guinea is a source, transit, and to a lesser extent, a destination country for men, women, and children subjected to trafficking in persons, specifically in the areas of forced labor and forced prostitution. The majority of victims are childre ...

** Polygamy in Guinea *

Human rights in Guinea Human rights in Guinea, a nation of approximately 10,069,000 people in West Africa, are a contentious issue. In its 2012 Freedom in the World report, Freedom House named Guinea "partly free" for the second year in a row, an improvement over its for ...

** LGBT rights in Guinea

Military of Guinea

Military of Guinea The Guinean Armed Forces (french: Forces armées guinéennes) are the armed forces of Guinea. They are responsible for the territorial security of Guinea's border and the defence of the country against external attack and aggression. Guinea's ar ...

* Command ** Commander-in-chief: * Forces ** Army of Guinea ** Air Force of Guinea

Local government in Guinea

History of Guinea

History of Guinea, by period

History of Guinea * Early history – ''see history of West Africa'' **

Sahelian kingdoms The Sahelian kingdoms were a series of centralized kingdoms or empires that were centered on the Sahel, the area of grasslands south of the Sahara, from the 8th century to the 19th. The wealth of the states came from controlling the trade routes ...

– the area which is now Guinea lay on the fringes of these Kingdoms * Imamate of Futa Jallon – West African theocratic state based in the Futa Jallon highlands of modern Guinea. The state was founded around 1727 by a Fulani jihad and became part of the French colonial empire in 1896. * Wassoulou Empire – short-lived (1878–1898) empire of West Africa built from the conquests of Dyula ruler Samori Touré and destroyed by the French colonial army. *

Anglo-French Convention of 1882 The Anglo-French Convention of 1882 was signed on 28 June 1882 between Great Britain and France. It confirmed the territorial boundaries between Guinea and Sierra Leone around Conakry and Freetown. However, it was never fully ratified by the Frenc ...

– confirmed the territorial boundaries between Guinea and Sierra Leone around Conakry and Freetown. * Rivières du Sud – administrative division of colonial

French West Africa French West Africa (french: Afrique-Occidentale française, ) was a federation of eight French colonial territories in West Africa: Mauritania, Senegal, French Sudan (now Mali), French Guinea (now Guinea), Ivory Coast, Upper Volta (now Burki ...

* French Guinea – colony until 1958, part of

** Colonial governors of French Guinea * Independence – in 1958, the colony chose independence from France, and named itself Guinea *

Ahmed Sékou Touré Ahmed Sékou Touré (var. Sheku Turay or Ture; N'Ko: ; January 9, 1922 – March 26, 1984) was a Guinean political leader and African statesman who became the first president of Guinea, serving from 1958 until his death in 1984. Touré was am ...

– ruled as president from 1958 to 1984 ** Cabinet of the First Republic of Guinea – governing body of Guinea from independence on 28 September 1958 until the death of President Ahmed Sékou Touré on 26 March 1984, followed by a bloodless coup by Colonel Lansana Conté on 5 April 1984. * Lansana Conté – took over in a bloodless coup, and ruled as president from 1984 to 2008 *

2007 Guinean general strike The 2007 Guinean general strike began on January 10, 2007. Guinea's trade unions and opposition parties called on President Lansana Conté to resign, accusing him of mismanaging the economy and abusing his authority. The strikers also accused ...

2008 Guinean coup d'état The 2008 Guinean coup d'état occurred in Guinea on 23 December 2008, shortly after the death of long-time President Lansana Conté. A junta called the National Council for Democracy and Development (french: Conseil National de la Démocratie et ...

– Moussa Dadis Camara seized control from 23 December 2008 to 3 December 2009 **

National Assembly of Guinea The unicameral ''Assemblée nationale'' or National Assembly is Guinea's legislative body. Since the country's birth in 1958, it has experienced political turmoil, and elections have been called at irregular intervals, and only since 1995 have the ...

dissolved *

2008 Guinean military unrest Military unrest occurred in Guinea in late May 2008 as soldiers of the Military of Guinea demanded wage arrears. In the capital, Conakry, soldiers fired into the air, held the deputy chief of staff of the army prisoner, and engaged in looting. The g ...

* 2009 Guinea mine collapse * Alpha Condé – elected president in 2010, survived an attempted coup less than a year later *

–

re-established *

2014 in Guinea The following lists events that happened during 2014 in Guinea. Incumbents *President: Alpha Condé *Prime Minister: Mohamed Said Fofana Events March * March 18 - Guinean health officials announced the Ebola outbreak of a mysterious hemorrhag ...

** Ebola virus epidemic in West Africa

History of Guinea, by region

Timeline of Conakry The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Conakry, Guinea. Prior to 20th century * 1885 – French in power on Tombo Island. * 1891 – Conakry becomes capital of French colonial Riviéres du Sud. * 1893 – Conakry ...

History of Guinea, by subject

* Massacres in Guinea

Culture of Guinea

Culture of Guinea * Architecture of Guinea **

List of buildings and structures in Guinea A list of notable buildings and structures in Guinea by city: Conakry Hospitals * Donka Hospital * Ignace Deen Hospital * Clinique Ambroise Paré * Clinique Pasteur Hotels * Grand Hotel de l'Unite * Hotel Camayene * Hotel du Golfe * Hotel de ...

* Cuisine of Guinea * Languages of Guinea * Music of Guinea **

Camayenne Sofa Camayenne Sofa were one of the most influential popular music groups in Guinea, West Africa in the 1970s. They recorded on the national Syliphone label. Discography *La Percee ( Syllart) *Attaque ( Syllart) *A Grands Pas References {{Authori ...

* National symbols of Guinea ** Coat of arms of Guinea ** Flag of Guinea ** National anthem of Guinea * People of Guinea **

List of Guineans This is a list of people from Guinea, a country in West Africa. *Alfa Yaya of Labé *Ba Cissoko *Abdallah Bah * Almamy Schuman Bah *Mamadou Bah *Bobo Baldé *Habib Baldé * Sekouba Bambino *Ibrahima Bangoura *Ismaël Bangoura *Ousmane Bangoura *S ...

* Public holidays in Guinea *

Religion in Guinea Religion in Guinea is approximately 89 percent Muslim, 7 percent Christian, with 2 percent adhering to indigenous religious beliefs. There are also smaller numbers of Atheists and practitioners of other religions in the country. Much of the popula ...

** Christianity in Guinea ***

Roman Catholicism in Guinea The Catholic Church in Guinea is part of the worldwide Catholic Church, under the spiritual leadership of the pope. There are approximately a quarter of a million Catholics - about 3% of the total population. There is one archdiocese (Conakry) a ...

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List of Roman Catholic dioceses in Guinea {{short description, None The Roman Catholic Church in Guinea is composed of one ecclesiastical province and two suffragan dioceses. List of dioceses Episcopal Conference of Guinea Ecclesiastical Province of Conakry *Archdiocese of Conakry ** Dioc ...

***

Episcopal Conference of Guinea The local assembly of bishops is the Episcopal Conference of Guinea ( French: Conférence Episcopal de la Guinée, CEG). The ECG is a member of the Regional Episcopal Conference of Francophone West Africa and Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of ...

** Hinduism in Guinea ** Islam in Guinea *

Scouting and Guiding in Guinea The Scout and Guide movement in Guinea is served by two organisations * Association Nationale des Guides de Guinée, member of the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts * Association Nationale des Scouts de Guinée, member of the Worl ...

Art in Guinea

* Cinema of Guinea ** List of Guinean films * Literature of Guinea ** List of Guinean writers *

Music of Guinea Guinea is a West African nation, composed of several ethnic groups. Among its most widely known musicians is Mory Kanté - ''10 Cola Nuts'' saw major mainstream success in both Guinea and Mali while "Yeke Yeke", a single from ''Mory Kanté à Pa ...

Sports in Guinea

Sports in Guinea *

Football in Guinea Football is the most popular sport in the country of Guinea. It is run by the Guinean Football Federation. The association administers the national football team, as well as the national league. It was founded in 1960 and affiliated with FIFA ...

Football clubs in Guinea Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly ca ...

Guinea at the Olympics Guinea has sent athletes to every Summer Olympic Games held since 1968 Summer Olympics, 1968 except for 1972 Summer Olympics, 1972 and 1976 Summer Olympics, 1976, although the country has never won an Olympic Games#Olympic champions and medalists, ...

* List of Guinean records in athletics *

Guinea national basketball team The Guinea national basketball team represents Guinea in international basketball competitions. It is administrated by the Fédération Guinéenne de Basket-Ball (FGBB). Guinea has played at the AfroBasket six times, with its best performance ...

Economy and infrastructure of Guinea

Economy of Guinea The economy of Guinea is dependent largely on agriculture and other rural activities. Guinea is richly endowed with good minerals, possessing an estimated quarter of the world's proven reserves of bauxite, more than of high-grade iron ore, sign ...

* Economic rank, by nominal GDP (2007): 138th (one hundred and thirty eighth) *

Agriculture in Guinea In Guinea in western Africa, agriculture accounts for 19.7% of the total GDP and employs 84% of the economically active population. Crops In 1999, the main subsistence crops were manioc, 812,000 tons; rice, 750,000 tons; sweet potatoes, 135,000 ...

* Banking in Guinea ** Banks in Guinea *** Central Bank of the Republic of Guinea – located in Conakry * Communications in Guinea ** Postage stamps and postal history of Guinea **

Telecommunications in Guinea Telecommunications in Guinea include radio, television, fixed and mobile radio, and the Internet. The people of Guinea are among the poorest in West Africa and this reality is reflected in the development of the country's telecommunications environ ...

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Internet in Guinea Telecommunications in Guinea include radio, television, fixed and mobile radio, and the Internet. The people of Guinea are among the poorest in West Africa and this reality is reflected in the development of the country's telecommunications environ ...

*** Telephone numbers in Guinea *

Companies of Guinea A company, abbreviated as co., is a legal entity representing an association of people, whether natural, legal or a mixture of both, with a specific objective. Company members share a common purpose and unite to achieve specific, declared go ...

** Supermarket chains in Guinea * Currency of Guinea: Franc **

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: GNF *

Energy in Guinea Three primary energy sources make up the energy mix in Guinea: fossil fuel, fossil biomass, oil and hydropower. Biomass (firewood and charcoal) makes the largest contribution in primary energy consumption. It is locally produced, while Guinea import ...

Power stations in Guinea Power most often refers to: * Power (physics), meaning "rate of doing work" ** Engine power, the power put out by an engine ** Electric power * Power (social and political), the ability to influence people or events ** Abusive power Power may ...

* Health care in Guinea *

Mining in Guinea The mining industry of Guinea was developed during colonial rule. The minerals extracted consisted of iron, gold, diamond, and bauxite. Guinea ranks first in the world in bauxite reserves and 6th in the extraction of high-grade bauxite, the alumini ...

Trade unions in Guinea Trade unions in Guinea were historically important - having played a pivotal role in the country's independence movement - and in recent years have again assumed a leading role. History Colonial period In 1945, Sekou Toure (later Guinea's first ...

* Transport in Guinea **

Airports in Guinea An airport is an aerodrome with extended facilities, mostly for commercial air transport. Airports usually consists of a landing area, which comprises an aerially accessible open space including at least one operationally active surface ...

Rail transport in Guinea Guinea has 1,086 km of railways. This includes 279 km at gauge and 807 km at gauge. The latter includes 662 km in common carrier service from Kankan to Conakry. Currently operating in Guinea three different railway companies ...

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Railway stations in Guinea Railway stations in Guinea include: Maps UNHCR Atlas Map (2004)shows topography. UN mapshows provinces; towns; railways ReliefWeb Map - Topography and RailReliefWeb Map - Population density and Roads - also shows line parameters * Interactive ...

Education in Guinea

Education in Guinea Primary education in Guinea is compulsory for 6 years. In 1997, the gross primary enrolment rate was 54.4 percent and the net primary enrolment rate was 41.8 percent. Public education in Guinea is governed by three ministries: The Ministry for Pre ...

National Library of Guinea The Guinea National Library (''Bibliothèque Nationale de Guinée'') is the national library of Guinea, located in the capital city of Conakry. The National Library was created the same year the country gained its independence: 1958. At that time, ...

* Schools in Guinea *

Universities in Guinea A university () is an institution of higher (or tertiary) education and research which awards academic degrees in several academic disciplines. Universities typically offer both undergraduate and postgraduate programs. In the United States, t ...

Health in Guinea

Health in Guinea Guinea faces a number of ongoing health challenges. The Human Rights Measurement Initiative finds that Guinea is fulfilling 58.6% of what it should be fulfilling for the right to health based on its level of income. When looking at the right to ...

* HIV/AIDS in Guinea

References

External links

Official Government Website (French)
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