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Saturday, April 3, 2010

Guinea-Bissau


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Shape of Guinea-Bissau above its flagGUINEA-BISSAU is a Portuguese-speaking country located in Western Africa. The western part of the country borders the Atlantic Ocean, where an archipelago belonging to the country is found. The Bijagós Archipelago, also called the Arquipélago dos Bijagos in Portuguese, is a collection of dozens of small islands. Some of those islands are not inhabited by people. Guinea-Bissau borders two countries; it is west of Guinea and south of Senegal. The capital is Bissau. The currency is the West African Franc, and its ISO 4217 currency code is XOF.


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