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Guinea-Bissau ​((pt)Guinea-Bissau)
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Capital city	Bissau
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
Location
12 ° 1 ′ 48 ″ N 15 ° 1 ′ 12 ″ W
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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.

Understand

Regions

Cities

• Bissau  – The capital. (last update Feb. 2018)

• Bubaque  – The gateway to the Bijelagos archipelago (last update Feb. 2018)

Other destinations

To go

Formalities

By plane

On a boat

By train

By bus

By car

Access possible from:

• The Senegal
• The Guinea

Circulate

By train

By bus

By car

Speak

Buy

Change

Countries using the CFA franc: West African Economic and Monetary Union the Benign, the Burkina Faso, the Ivory Coast, the Guinea-Bissau, the Mali, the Niger, the Senegal and the Togo Central African Economic and Monetary Community the Cameroon, the Central African Republic, the Republic of Congo, the Gabon, the Equatorial Guinea and the Chad

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 € - course of 04/27/2021) (~ 0 Fr. - course on 04/27/2021) (~ $ 0 C - class on 04/27/2021) (~ $ 0 - class on 04/27/2021) = 0,01 FRF which gives a fixed parity with the euro of 1 € (~ 1.11 Fr. - price of 04/27/2021) (~ $ 1.5 C - class on 04/27/2021) (~ $ 1.21 - class on 04/27/2021) (~ 655.61 F CFA - price of 04/27/2021) = 655,957 XOF (~1 € - course of 04/27/2021) (~ 1.11 Fr. - price of 04/27/2021) (~ $ 1.5 C - class on 04/27/2021) (~ $ 1.21 - class on 04/27/2021) 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.

Current XOF exchange rate XE.com: CADCHFEURGBPUSD OANDA.com: CADCHFEURGBPUSD fxtop.com: CADCHFEURGBPUSD

All coins in circulation Ticket 10 000 XOF (~15,25 € - course of 04/27/2021) (~ 16.86 Fr. - price of 04/27/2021) (~ C $ 22.84 - class on 04/27/2021) (~ $ 18.42 - class on 04/27/2021)

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Have a drink / Go out

Housing

Learn

To work

Communicate

• Honorary Consulate of the Republic of Guinea-Bissau

security

Government travel advice

• Belgium (Federal Public Service Foreign Affairs, Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation)  (last updated Apr 2018)
• Canada (Government of Canada)  (last updated Apr 2018)
• France (Ministry of Foreign Affairs)  (last updated Apr 2018)
• Swiss (Federal Department of Foreign Affairs)  (last updated Jan 2016)

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