MENU
NEWS
DXCC
Geography
Other
Poland
SITE GUIDE
SP6NVK
Links
Entity: SELECT ENTITY Afghanistan Agalega & St. Brandon Aland Islands Alaska Albania Algeria American Samoa Amsterdam & St. Paul Islands Andaman & Nicobar Islands Andorra Angola Anguilla Annobon Island Antarctica Antigua & Barbuda Argentina Armenia Aruba Ascension Island Asiatic Russia Auckland & Campbell Islands Austral Islands Australia Austria Aves Island Azerbaijan Azores Bahamas Bahrain Baker & Howland Islands Balearic Islands Banaba Island (Ocean Island) Bangladesh Barbados Belarus Belgium Belize Benin Bermuda Bhutan Bolivia Bonaire Bosnia-Herzegovina Botswana Bouvet Island Brazil British Virgin Islands Brunei Darussalam Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Canada Canary Islands Cape Verde Cayman Islands Central Africa Central Kiribati (British Phoenix Islands) Ceuta & Melilla Chad Chagos Islands Chatham Islands Chesterfield Islands Chile China Christmas Island Clipperton Island Cocos Island Cocos-Keeling Islands Colombia Comoros Congo (Republic of) Conway Reef Corsica Costa Rica Côte d'Ivoire Crete Croatia Crozet Islands Cuba Curacao Cyprus Czech Republic Dem Rep. of Congo Democratic People's Republic of Korea Denmark Desecheo Island Djibouti Dodecanese Dominica Dominican Republic Ducie Island East Malaysia Easter Island Eastern Kiribati (Line Islands) Ecuador Egypt El Salvador England Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Estonia Eswatini Ethiopia European Russia Falkland Islands Faroe Islands Fed. Rep. of Germany Fernando de Noronha Fiji Finland France Franz Josef Land French Guiana French Polynesia Gabon Galapagos Islands Georgia Ghana Gibraltar Glorioso Islands Greece Greenland Grenada Guadeloupe Guam Guantanamo Bay Guatemala Guernsey Guinea Guinea-Bissau Guyana Haiti Hawaii Heard Island Honduras Hong Kong Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Iran Iraq Ireland Isle of Man Israel Italy ITU HQ Jamaica Jan Mayen Japan Jersey Johnston Island Jordan Juan de Nova, Europa Juan Fernández Islands Kaliningrad Kazakhstan Kenya Kerguelen Islands Kermadec Islands Kingman Reef !! deleted !! Kure Island Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Lakshadweep Islands Laos Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Libya Liechtenstein Lithuania Lord Howe Island Luxembourg Macao Macquarie Island Madagascar Madeira Island Malawi Maldives Mali Malpelo Island Malta Mariana Islands Market Reef Marquesas Islands Marshall Islands Martinique Mauritania Mauritius Mayotte Mellish Reef Mexico Micronesia (Eastern Caroline Islands) Midway Island Minami Torishima Moldova Monaco Mongolia Montenegro Montserrat Morocco Mount Athos Mozambique Myanmar Namibia Nauru Navassa Island Nepal Netherlands New Caledonia New Zealand Nicaragua Niger Nigeria Niue Norfolk Island North Cook Islands North Macedonia Northern Ireland Norway Ogasawara Oman Pakistan Palau Palestine Palmyra & Jarvis Islands Panama Papua New Guinea Paraguay Peru Peter I Island Philippines Pitcairn Island Poland Portugal Pratas Island Prince Edward & Marion Islands Puerto Rico Qatar Reunion Island Revillagigedo Islands Rodrigues Island Romania Rotuma Island Rwanda Saba & Sint Eustatius Sable Island Saint Barthelemy Saint Martin Samoa San Andres & Providencia San Félix & San Ambrosio San Marino Sao Tome & Principe Sardinia Saudi Arabia Scarborough Reef Scotland Senegal Serbia Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore Sint Maarten Slovak Republic Slovenia Solomon Islands Somalia South Africa South Cook Islands South Georgia Island South Korea (Republic of Korea) South Orkney Islands South Sandwich Islands South Shetland Islands South Sudan Sovereign Military Order of Malta Spain Spratly Islands Sri Lanka St. Helena St. Kitts & Nevis St. Lucia St. Paul Island St. Peter & St. Paul Rocks St. Pierre & Miquelon St. Vincent Sudan Suriname Svalbard Swains Island Sweden Switzerland Syria Taiwan Tajikistan Tanzania Temotu Province Thailand The Gambia Timor-Leste Togo Tokelau Islands Tonga Trindade & Martin Vaz Islands Trinidad & Tobago Tristan da Cunha & Gough Islands Tromelin Island Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan Turks & Caicos Islands Tuvalu Uganda UK Sovereign Base Areas on Cyprus Ukraine United Arab Emirates United Nations HQ United States of America Uruguay Uzbekistan Vanuatu Vatican Venezuela Vietnam Virgin Islands Wake Island Wales Wallis & Futuna Islands West Malaysia Western Kiribati (Gilbert Islands) Western Sahara Willis Island Yemen Zambia Zimbabwe
Entity :
Guinea-Bissau
Main prefix :
J5
Callsigns series :
J5A-J5Z
Time zone :
0 h
Continent :
Africa
ITU zone :
46
CQ zone :
35
Guinea-Bissau
Maps :
Coat of arms
Coin
Banknote
Stamp
Satellite image
Flag
Flag description
Two equal horizontal bands of yellow (top) and green with a vertical red band on the hoist side; there is a black five-pointed star centered in the red band; uses the popular pan-African colors of Ethiopia.
Guinea-Bissau
Capital:
Bissau
Administrative divisions:
9 regions (regioes , singular - regiao ): Bafata, Biombo, Bissau, Bolama, Cacheu, Gabu, Oio, Quinara, and Tombali. Bolama may have been renamed Bolama/Bijagos.
Population:
1,345,479 (July 2002 est.)
Languages:
Portuguese (official), Crioulo, African languages
Geographic coordinates:
12° 00' N, 15° 00' W
Area total:
36,120 sq. km
Land area:
28,000 sq. km
Water area:
8,120 sq. km
Total land boundaries:
724 km
Borders with neighbor countries:
Guinea 386 km, Senegal 338 km
Coastline:
350 km
Elevation extremes:
Atlantic Ocean 0 m - unnamed location in the northeast corner of the country 300 m
Internet country code:
.gw
Currency:
Communaute Financiere Africaine franc (XOF) responsible authority is the Central Bank of the West African States, previously the Guinea-Bissau peso (GWP) was used
Name - conventional long form:
Republic of Guinea-Bissau
Name - conventional short form:
Guinea-Bissau
Name - local long form:
Republica da Guine-Bissau
Name - local short form:
Guine-Bissau
Former name:
Portuguese Guinea
Independence:
24 September 1973 (unilaterally declared by Guinea-Bissau), 10 September 1974 (recognized by Portugal)
Constitution:
16 May 1984, amended 4 May 1991, 4 December 1991, 26 February 1993, 9 June 1993, and 1996
Government type:
republic, multiparty since mid-1991
National holiday:
Independence Day, 24 September (1973)