Guinea Bissau, Republika Gwinei Bissau, República de Guiné Bissao
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In 1994, 20 years after independence from Portugal, the country's first multiparty legislative and presidential elections were held. An army uprising that triggered a bloody civil war in 1998, created hundreds of thousands of displaced persons. The president was ousted by a military junta in May 1999. An interim government turned over power in February 2000 when opposition leader Koumba YALLA took office following two rounds of transparent presidential elections. Guinea-Bissau's transition back to democracy will be complicated by a crippled economy devastated by civil war and the military's predilection for governmental meddling.

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1. Dependency status: NA

2. Government type: republic, multiparty since mid-1991

3. Location: Western Africa, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean, between Guinea and Senegal

4. Border Countries: B

5. Climate: tropical; generally hot and humid; monsoonal-type rainy season (June to November) with southwesterly winds; dry season (December to May) with northeasterly harmattan winds

6. Terrain: mostly low coastal plain rising to savanna in east

7. Area: 36,120 km2

8. Capital: Bissau

9. Administrative divisions: 9 regions (regioes, singular - regiao); Bafata, Biombo, Bissau, Bolama, Cacheu, Gabu, Oio, Quinara, Tombali; note - Bolama may have been renamed Bolama/Bijagos

10. Population: 1,315,822 (July 2001 est.)

11. Languages: Portuguese (official), Crioulo, African languages

12. Religions: indigenous beliefs 50%, Muslim 45%, Christian 5%

13. Currency: Communaute Financiere Africaine franc (XOF); note - responsible authority is the Central Bank of the West African States; previously the Guinea-Bissau peso (GWP) was used

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22. Airlines:

Airlines from Europe serving Guinea-Bissau include Portugal's TAP, Aeroflot and the French company EAS. The choice is not large for flights between Guinea-Bissau and other west African destinations.

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24. Guinea-Bissau office in Poland:

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25. Intresting WEB's about Guinea-Bissau:

26. Other WEB's :

  • slowniki.onet.pl - dictionary translating from polish and english, german, french, italian, spanish, russian etc.
  • babelfish.altavista.com - dictionary translaiting both ways in 25 lanquages useful in translating texts

 
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