Explore Guinea in Africa - Guinea Tourism Info

Description and Basic Information

Guinea with its capital Conakry is located in Africa (Western Africa, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean). It covers some 245,858 square kilometres (slightly smaller than Oregon) with 10,211,000 citizens. French is the language spoken by people in Guinea. Liberia, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Guinea-Bissau and Mali are bordering countries.

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About Guinea

The terrain offers generally flat coastal plain, hilly to mountainous interior. The average density of population is about 41 per km². The climate in can be described as generally hot and humid with 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.

To reach someone in Guinea dial +224 prior to a number. There are 22,000 installed telephones. And there are 5,607,000 registered mobile phones. The cellular networks operate on frequencies of 900 Mhz. Websites typically end with the top level domain ".gn". If you want to bring electric appliances (e.g. battery charger), keep in mind the local 220V - 50Hz.

The country consists of 34 regions/states which are listed below.

Regions/States of Guinea

Guinea Tourism Information

Unesco World Heritage Properties

Mount Nimba Strict Nature Reserve

Located on the borders of Guinea, Liberia and Côte d’Ivoire, Mount Nimba rises above the surrounding savannah. Its slopes are covered by dense forest at the foot of grassy mountain...

Demographic Information

Age Distribution in Guinea

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.

Natural Population Growth

Population, Migration and Growth: The population in Guinea is growing at an rate of 2.65% (or by 273,483 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 2.65%. Or an total increase of 273,483 citizens.

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Geographic information is based on the data provided by geonames.org, CIA factsbook and Unesco.