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Apr 1, 2024 · History of Guinea-Bissau, a survey of notable events and people in the history of Guinea-Bissau, a country of western Africa. Situated on the Atlantic coast, the predominantly low-lying country is slightly hilly farther inland. It has a generally tropical climate influenced by the intertropical.
Feb 26, 2024 · Capital: Bissau; Area: 36,125 sq km; Population: 2.1 million; Languages: Portuguese, Guinea-Bissau Creole, plus English, French, Arabic, Fula, Mandinka and others
Dec 16, 2021 · mostly low-lying coastal plain with a deeply indented estuarine coastline rising to savanna in east; numerous off-shore islands including the Arquipelago Dos Bijagos consisting of 18 main islands and many small islets. Elevation. highest point: unnamed elevation in the eastern part of the country 300 m.
People have inhabited the region now known as Guinea-Bissau for thousands of years. In the 13th century, it became a province of the Mali Empire that later became independent as the Empire of Kaabu. Portugal claimed the region beginning in the 1450s. During most of this period, Portuguese control of the region was limited to a number of forts ...
Guinea-Bissau. Though it consists of several other islands (Ilha de Imbone, Ilha de Orangozinho, Ilha de Canogo and Ilha de Meneque), the heart of Parque Nacional das… Parque Natural das Lagoas de Cufada. Guinea-Bissau. Sandwiched between the Buba and Corubal Rivers, this 890-sq-km park is the largest wetlands reserve in Guinea-Bissau.
Guinea-Bissau , officially Republic of Guinea-Bissau formerly (until 1974) Portuguese Guinea, Country, western Africa. Its territory includes the Bijagós Archipelago, off the Atlantic coast to the southwest. Area: 13,948 sq mi (36,125 sq km). Population: (2024 est.) 1,663,000. Capital: Bissau.
Dec 14, 2023 · Guinea-Bissau is a West African country with an area of 36,125 sq. km. One of the smallest nations in all of Africa, Guinea-Bissau is bordered by two other countries. Guinea encompasses the southern border while Senegal looms large in the north.
