Explore Guinea-Bissau in Africa - Guinea-Bissau Tourism Info
Description and Basic Information
Guinea-Bissau with its capital Bissau is located in Africa (Western Africa, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean). It covers some 36,121 square kilometres (slightly less than three times the size of Connecticut) with 1,503,000 citizens. Portuguese and are the some of the languages spoken by the majority in Guinea-Bissau. It is charing borders with Senegal and Guinea.
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Campo Sueco Public Pool
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Fim de tarde em Bissau
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Bissau
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Arredores de Bissau
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Arredores de Bissau
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About Guinea-Bissau
The terrain offers mostly low coastal plain rising to savanna in east. The average density of population is about 41 per km². The climate in can be described as tropical with generally hot and humid, monsoonal-type rainy season (June to November) with southwesterly winds, dry season (December to May) with northeasterly harmattan winds. Possible natural disasters include hot, dry, dusty harmattan haze may reduce visibility during dry season or brush fires.
To reach someone in Guinea-Bissau dial +245 prior to a number. There are 4,800 installed telephones. And there are 560,300 registered mobile phones. The cellular networks operate on frequencies of 900 Mhz. Websites typically end with the top level domain ".gw". If you want to bring electric appliances (e.g. battery charger), keep in mind the local 220V - 50Hz.
The country consists of 9 regions/states which are listed below.
Regions/States of Guinea-Bissau
Demographic Information
Age Distribution in Guinea-Bissau
Each pair of bars represents a single age group (male/female). Each group is spanning 5 years. E.g. 0 to 5 years, 5 to 10 etc. and group "0 to 5" being at the left end and "100 +" at the right end of the chart.
Birthrate
The number of people born in Guinea-Bissau has declined over the last 10 years by 3.6 births per thousand from 39.2 in 2001 to 35.6 in 2010. Currently, 55,656 children are born each year.
Natural Deathrate
The number of people naturally dying in Guinea-Bissau has declined over the last 10 years by 1.7 deaths per thousand from 17.2 in 2001 to 15.5 in 2010. Currently, 24,291 people die each year.
Natural Population Growth
Population, Migration and Growth: The population in Guinea-Bissau is growing at an rate of 2% (or by 31,365 citizens). Each year 0 people enter this country (or 0.00 per thousand citizens) - making it an immigration country. This leads to an absolute natural increase rate of the population of 2%. Or an total increase of 31,365 citizens.
Based on content from wikitravel.org. The original article can be found here based on the work of these users.
Geographic information is based on the data provided by geonames.org, CIA factsbook and Unesco.
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