Tourism guide in Guinea-Bissau

Guinea-Bissau is a country in West Africa, an area that covers about 36,125 square kilometers (13,948 sq mi) with an estimated population of which up to 1704000 .Guinea-Bissau

Tourism guide in Guinea-Bissau

Guinea-Bissau was once part of the Kingdom of Gabo, as well as part of a financial empire. There are parts of this kingdom, which lasted until the 18th century, while the few under the rule of the Portuguese Empire since the 16th century .Guinea Bissau map in the 19th century, has been colonized by Portuguese Guinea. The added capital Bissau name, even declared its independence in 1973, and recognized in 1974 to prevent confusion with Guinea (formerly French Guiana). Guinea-Bissau has a history full of political instability since independence.

Guinea-Bissau is a member of the United Nations and the African Union and the Economic Community of West African States, the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, and the Latin Union, a group of Portuguese-speaking countries, the Francophonie and the South Atlantic Peace and Cooperation Zone.

GDP per capita in the country is up and one of the lowest in the world.

The language

Only 14% of the population speak Portuguese as an official language since the colonial period. While nearly half of the population (44%) speaks Crioulo, a Creole Portuguese, and the rest is talking with several local African languages.

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Major religions are African traditional religions and Islam. Christian religions of the few number of (mostly Roman Catholic).

Geographically

Limits Guinea-Bissau, Senegal to the north and Guinea to the south and east, and the Atlantic Ocean to the west. It lies between latitudes 11 degrees and 13 degrees north latitude (small area south of 11 degrees), and longitudes 13 degrees and 17 degrees west.

State area of ​​about 36,125 square kilometers (13,948 square miles), which is larger than Taiwan or the country of Belgium. It lies at a low altitude. The highest point is 300 meters (984 feet). Terrain characteristic Trough coastal plain with mangrove swamps Guinean trees, which rises to the savannah in the east of the country.

the climate

Guinea-Bissau has a warm climate throughout the year and there is little fluctuation in temperature. The average temperature of about 26.3 degrees Celsius (79.3 degrees Fahrenheit). Average rainfall in Bissau is 2024 mm. State facing a drought during the period from December to April.

economically

GDP per capita in Guinea-Bissau is one of the lowest in the world, and the human development index for one year, is one of the lowest in the world. More than two-thirds of the population below the poverty line. Economy mainly depends on agriculture; fish, cashew nuts and peanuts as one of the main exports.

Guinea-Bissau began to show some economic progress after it was signed on the Stability Pact by the main political parties in the country, which led to the arrival of the structural reform program backed by the International Monetary Fund. The main challenges facing the country in the period before the investigation of the financial discipline, with the work to rebuild the public administration, the economic climate for private investment, and promote economic diversification and improvement.

In 1974, after it became independent from Portugal because of the Portuguese war colonial and Carnation Revolution, the rapid exit from the city of Portugal, civilian and military, and political authorities led to serious damage to the economic infrastructure of the country, social order, and standard of living.

After several years of economic decline and political instability, in 1997, Guinea-Bissau for francs CFA monetary system has entered, so as to achieve some internal monetary stability. The civil war that took place in 1998 and 1999, military coup in September 2003, disrupting economic activity again, leaving a large part of the infrastructure, economic and social infrastructure in ruins. In the wake of the parliamentary elections in March 2004, has the presidential election in July 2005, and the country began to recover from a long period of instability, despite the political situation is still fragile.

About Guinea-Bissau

President Name: Jose Mario won the (2014)

Prime Minister: Bazero Dja (2015)

Land Area: 10,811 square miles (28,000 square kilometers).

Total area: 13,946 square miles (36,120 square kilometers)

Population (Census 2014): 1,693,398

(Growth Rate: 1.93%); birth rate: 33.83 / 1000. Infant mortality rate: 90.92 / 1000.

Life expectancy: 49.87

Capital and largest city: Bissau 0.423000

Cash Currency: CHF

1 SR = 155 CFA franc

Visa

Since November 10th 2015, obtaining a visa to enter the biometric Guinea Bissau. It requires all foreign nationals who enter the Guinea Bissau to obtain a travel document in the form of a valid international passport and a full national with a valid visa bonds that have been obtained from the barrier of border control at Osvaldo Vieira International Airport.