Guinea-Bissau

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República da Guiné-Bissau
Flag	Coat of Arms
Capital	Bissau
Government	Republic
Language	Portuguese (official)
President	José Mário Vaz
Prime minister	Domingos Simões Pereira
Area	13,948 sq mi
Population 2010	1,966,667 (2020)
GDP 2012	$1.931 billion
GDP per capita	$1,222
Currency	West African CFA franc

Guinea-Bissau (Republica de Guine-Bissau) is a nation of west Africa. It has borders with Senegal and Guinea, and a coastline on the Atlantic Ocean. It has an area of 13,948 square miles (36,125 km²) and a population of about 1.5 million. The capital city is Bissau, and the official language is Portugese. Formerly a Portugese colony, Guinea-Bissau achieved independence on 24 September 1974.

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