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GUINEA


Location: Africa
Capital:
Conakry ( 1.100.000 inhab.)
Main Cities:
Kankan, Kindia, Nzerekore
Population:
7,430,000
Area:
245,857 km2
Coin:
1 Guinean franc = 100 cauris
Languages:
French
Religions:
Musulmana, Animista, Cristiana
The Independence's Year:
1958
Mountains:
Mont Nimba, Fouta Djalon Massif (1515 m.), Monts Loma
Rivers:
Gambia, Bafing, Niger

 

 

Country of western Africa from the dictatorial regime practically since the independence (1958).
It is great few less than Italy and it counts only 7 million and half of inhabitants (density of around 30 abs / Kmq) .Its territory is predominantly mountainous and hilly with warm and damp climate, that produces rainforest along the coast and savanna toward the inside.
From the thick mountainous of the Guinea two great African rivers are born: the Gambia and the Niger.
The nation is very poor and the hope of life is among the lowest of the world; the emigration toward Ivory Coast and Senegal is elevated; the greatest part of the cultivable territory is used for crops of subsistence.

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