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| National motto: Unidade, Luta, Progresso ( Portuguese: Unity, Struggle, Progress) | |||||
| Official language | Portuguese | ||||
| Capital | Bissau (Note: Former President Kumba Yala decided to change the capital city to Buba, but it is unclear if the plan will go forward.) | ||||
| President | Henrique RosaHenrique Pereira Rosa is the interim head of state of Guinea-Bissau, following a coup to depose the previous president, Kumba Iala. He had been a businessman before, and was initially reluctant to accept the nomination from the military-appointed committe | ||||
| Prime minister | Carlos Gomes JúniorCarlos Domingos Gomes Junior (born 1949) is the prime minister of Guinea-Bissau. He was appointed to that position on May 9, 2004 and was sworn in the next day. Gomes is the leader of the African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde, which | ||||
| AreaThis article explains the meaning of area as a Physical quantity. Article area (geometry) is more mathematical. Area is a quantity expressing the size of a region of space. Surface area refers to the summation of the areas of the exposed sides of an objec - Total - % water | Ranked 133rdHere is a list of the countries of the world in order of size . Values are given using SI (metric) units. Dependencies are shown with the main country; the total area is also given, but the list is ordered according to the areas excluding dependencies. 36,120 km²Square kilometre (symbol km is an SI unit of surface area. It is one of the SI derived units. 1 km² is equal to: the area of a square measuring 1 kilometre on each side 1 000 000 m² 100 hectares 0. 386 102 square miles (statute) 247. 105 381 acres Convers 12% / Negligible | ||||
| PopulationFor the use of the word population in statistics, see statistical population. In the most common sense of the word, a population is the collection of people—or organisms of a particular species—living in a given geographic area. Populations are studied in
- DensityIf you were linked from a country article: the density there is based on land area, see below Population density can be used as a measurement of any tangible item. However it is most frequently applied to living organisms. Population density is usually ex | Ranked xth
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| Independence
- Recognised | (from Portugal)
10 Sep 1974 | ||||
| Currency | CFA franc | ||||
| Time zone | UTC | ||||
| National anthem | Esta é a Nossa Pátria Bem Amada | ||||
| Internet TLD | .gw | ||||
| Calling Code | 245 | ||||
