Guinea

Guinée

Africa

Did you know?

•Guinea's Fouta Djallon highlands are the source area for the Niger, Senegal, and Gambia river systems.
•Because of that highland water network, Guinea is sometimes called the "water tower" of West Africa.
•Guinea also holds some of the world's largest bauxite reserves, a key ore used to make aluminum.

Key Information

Capital

Conakry

Population

14,4 million

Area

245,857 km²

GDP

30,9 billion $

Currency

GNF

Difficulty on MapGuesser

Medium

Subregion

Western Africa

Calling code

+224

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Guinea is the coastal West African country south of Senegal and west of Mali and Ivory Coast.

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Official Languages

French

Flag Colors

rougejaunevert

Flag History

The national flag of Guinea is a triband of red, yellow, and green. It was adopted on 10 November 1958, with the publication of the country's first Constitution. It uses the Pan-African colours, partly as a nod to the flag of Ghana, whose president was a close associate of Sekou Toure, the first Guinean president. It is a tricolour resembling the flag of France, its former coloniser.

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