Official name: Republic of Guinea
Regime: Republic
Geographical data
Surface area: 245,857 square km
Capital city: Conakry
Main cities: Kindia, Kankan, Nzerekore
Official langage (s): French
Current language (s): Peul, Malinke, Soussou
Currency: Guinean franc (floating exchange)
Independence Day: 2 October
Démographic data
Population: 11.5 million inhabitants (World Bank)
Density: 45.4
Population growth: 2.4 % per year
The Republic of Guinea is located in the West African region. It is a coastal country (340 km littoral on the Atlantic coast) located halfway between the Equator and the Cancer Tropic and between 7°30’ and 12°30’ North latitude and 7°30’ and 15°10’ West longitude.
Guinea is bordered in the North by Guinea Bissau, Senegal and Mali in the East by Cote d’Ivoire and in the South by Liberia and Sierra Leone. In the West, the country opens up to the Atlantic Ocean. The Guinean EEZ stretches off a littoral of about 300 km and covers an area of 59,426 square km.
The country encompasses four natural regions with different biophysical characteristics:
Guinea boasts a very dense hydraulic system comprising 23 river basins, 14 of which are international. Several rivers of the sub-region take their source from there, the biggest one being the Niger River (4,600 km), whence the name the “West African Water Tank.”
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