Guinea-Bissau

Capital: Bissau Population: 1,647,000 Official Languages: Portuguese Time Zone: +0 Dialing Code: +245

Government: Republic Area: 36,125 km2 largest city: Bissau Currency : West African ISO 3166 code: GW

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Guinea-Bissau, officially the Republic of Guinea-Bissau (Portuguese: República da Guiné-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. It covers 36,125 km² (nearly 14,000 sq mi) with an estimated population of 1,600,000.

Geography

Guinea-Bissau lies mostly between latitudes 11° and 13°N (a small area is south of 11°), and longitudes 13° and 17°W.

Climate

Guinea-Bissau is warm all year around and there is little temperature fluctuation; it averages 26.3 °C (79.3 °F). The average rainfall for Bissau is 2,024 millimetres (79.7 in) although this is almost entirely accounted for during the rainy season which falls between June and September/October. From December through April, the country experiences drought

Religion

Throughout the 20th century, most Bissau-Guineans practiced some form of Animism. Recently, many have adopted islam, which is currently practiced by 50% of the country's population; most of Guinea-Bissau's muslims practice Sunni islam. Approximately 10 percent of the country's population belong to the Christian community, and 40% continue to hold Indigenous beliefs. These statistics can be misleading, however, as both Islamic and Christian practices may be largely influenced and enriched by syncretism with traditional African beliefs

Administrative divisions

Guinea-Bissau is divided into 8 regions (regiões) and one autonomous sector (sector autónomo). These in turn are subdivided into thirty-seven sectors.

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