Country name: |
Guinea-Bissau |
Capital: |
Bissau |
Country code: |
282 |
Continent: |
Africa |
Currency name: |
West African CFA franc |
Independence: |
1973-09-24 00:00:00 |
Independent from: |
24 September 1973 declared; 10 September 1974 from Portugal |
Total area (km2): |
36,125 |
Land area (km2): |
28,120 |
Water area (km2): |
8,005 |
Population: |
1,660,870 |
Population note: |
1,660,870 (July 2013 est.) |
Official language: |
Portuguese |
All languages: |
Portuguese (official), Crioulo, African languages |
Time zone: |
GMT (UTC+0) |
Date format: |
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Drive on: |
right |
Calling code: |
+245 |
Domain: |
.gw |