Guinea-Bissau - Gwinea Bissau

Guinea-Bissau
location
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Main information
Capital city	Bissau
Political system	republic
Currency	CFA franc
Surface	36 120
Population	1 861 283
Tongue	Portuguese
religion	Islam, animism, Catholicism
Code	245
Internet domain	.gw
Time zone	UTC 0
Time zone	UTC 0

Guinea-Bissau - a country in the west Africaover the Atlantic Ocean. It borders with Senegal and Guinea. Guinea-Bissau also includes numerous offshore islands, the largest of which are concentrated in the Bijagós Archipelago.

Characteristic

Geography

Climate

History

Policy

Economy

Drive

By car

By plane

The largest airport is Bissau International Airport.

By ship

Regions

Guinea-Bissau is divided into 8 administrative regions. The lower tier of territorial administration are sectors - there are 37 sectors throughout the country. The capital, Bissau, is the so-called an autonomous sector that is not part of any region.

Regions:

   Bafatá Biombo Bolama Cacheu Gabú Oio Quinara Tombali

Autonomous sector:

   Bissau

Cities

According to official data from 2005, Guinea-Bissau had over 20 cities with a population of over 1,000. residents. The capital of the country, Bissau, was the only city with over 100,000 inhabitants. residents; 5 cities with a population of 10,000 ÷ 50,000 and the rest of the cities below 10,000 residents.

The largest cities in Guinea-Bissau by population size (as of 01/01/2005):

L.p. City Region Population

1. Bissau Bissau 388 028

2. Bafatá Bafatá 22 521

3. Gabu Gabú 14 430

4. Bissora Oio 12,688

5. Bolama Bolama 10 769

6. Cacheu Cacheu 10 490

7. Bubaque Bolama 9 941

8. Catió Tombali 9 898

9. Mansôa Oio 7 821

10. Buba Quinara 7 779

Interesting places

Transport

Tongue

The official language is Portuguese.

Shopping

Gastronomy

Accommodation

Security

Health

contact

Diplomatic representations

Diplomatic missions accredited in Guinea-Bissau

No Polish diplomatic mission. The country falls under the territorial competence of the Embassy of the Republic of Poland in Dakar (Senegal).

Diplomatic representations accredited in Poland

The Embassy of the Republic of Guinea-Bissau in Moscow

Phone: 7 499 317 95 82

Fax: 7 499 317 95 82

E-mail: [email protected]