Guinea-Bissau ((pt)Guinea-Bissau) | |
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Capital city | Bissau |
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Area | 36 120 km² |
Population | 1 503 182 hab. (2008) |
Density | 41,62 inhab./km² |
Other languages | Portuguese (official) Crioulo African languages |
Change | CFA franc (XOF) |
Telephone prefix | 245 |
Internet suffix | .gw |
Flow direction | Right-hand drive |
Spindle | UTC 0 |
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The Guinea-Bissau is a country ofWest Africa. The history of this former Portuguese colony was particularly turbulent after it gained independence, sinking into a civil war in 1998 followed by the seizure of power by a military junta the following year. If this page seems turned with the establishment of a multiparty democracy, the economy of this country, one of the poorest countries in the world, remains fragile.
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- Bissau – The capital.
- Bubaque – The gateway to the Bijelagos archipelago
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- Guinea-Bissau
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The official currency of the countries forming the West African Economic and Monetary Union (UEMOA) is the CFA franc. The issuing institution is the Central Bank of West African States (BCEAO).
The CFA franc is written for short in FCFA or F CFA, and its ISO code is XOF. The CFA franc exchange rate was 1 XOF = 0,01 FRF which gives a fixed parity with the euro of 1 € = 655,957 XOF but banks and exchange bureaus may charge a commission on the transaction.
On each coin and on the front of the banknotes is the BCEAO logo, a stylized sawfish. This represents a bronze figurine formerly used by the Akan to weigh gold.
The member countries of the Central African Economic and Monetary Community use another CFA franc whose code is XAF.
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