Outline of Guinea

The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Guinea:

Guinea – country located in West Africa, that was formerly known as French Guinea. Guinea's territory has a curved shape, with its base at the Atlantic Ocean, inland to the east, and turning south. The base borders Guinea-Bissau and Senegal to the north, and Mali to the north and north-east; the inland part borders Côte d'Ivoire to the south-east, Liberia to the south, and Sierra Leone to the west of the southern tip. Its water sources include the Niger, Senegal, and Gambia rivers. Guinea is sometimes called Guinea-Conakry (Conakry being its capital) to differentiate it from the neighboring Guinea-Bissau (whose capital is Bissau).

General reference

• Pronunciation:
• Common English country names: Guinea or Guinea-Conakry
• Official English country name: The Republic of Guinea
• Common endonym(s):
• Official endonym(s):
• Adjectival(s): Guinean
• Demonym(s):
• ISO country codes: GN, GIN, 324
• ISO region codes: See
• Internet country code top-level domain: .gn

Geography of Guinea

Geography of Guinea

• Guinea is: a country
• Population of Guinea: 9,370,000 - 87th most populous country
• Area of Guinea: 245,857 km²

Location

• Guinea is situated within the following regions:
• Northern Hemisphere and Western Hemisphere
• Africa
• West Africa
• Time zone: Coordinated Universal Time UTC+00
• Extreme points of Guinea
• High: Mont Nimba
• Low: North Atlantic Ocean 0 m
• Land boundaries: 3,399 km
• : 858 km
• : 652 km
• : 610 km
• : 563 km
• : 386 km
• : 330 km
• Coastline: North Atlantic Ocean 320 km

Environment of Guinea

• Climate of Guinea
• Geology of Guinea
• Protected areas of Guinea
• Wildlife of Guinea
• Fauna of Guinea
• Birds of Guinea
• Insects of Guinea
• Butterflies of Guinea
• Moths of Guinea
• Mammals of Guinea

Natural geographic features of Guinea

• Glaciers in Guinea: none
• Forests in Guinea
• Upper Guinean forests
• Western Guinean lowland forests
• Guinean montane forests
• Guinean forest-savanna mosaic
• Guinean mangroves
• Rivers of Guinea
• World Heritage Sites in Guinea

Regions of Guinea

• Natural regions of Guinea

Ecoregions of Guinea

Ecoregions in Guinea – the following ecoregions lie partially within Guinea:

• Upper Guinean forests
• Western Guinean lowland forests
• Guinean montane forests
• Guinean forest-savanna mosaic
• West Sudanian savanna
• Guinean mangroves

Administrative divisions of Guinea

Administrative divisions of Guinea

• Regions of Guinea
• Prefectures of Guinea
• Sub-prefectures of Guinea

Regions of Guinea

Regions of Guinea

Prefectures of Guinea

Prefectures of Guinea

Municipalities of Guinea

• Capital of Guinea: Conakry
• Cities of Guinea

Demography of Guinea

Demographics of Guinea

Government and politics of Guinea

Politics of Guinea

• Form of government: presidential republic
• Capital of Guinea: Conakry
• Elections in Guinea
• Guinean general election, 1968
• Guinean general election, 1974
• Guinean legislative election, 1963
• Guinean legislative election, 1980
• Guinean legislative election, 1995
• Guinean legislative election, 2002
• Guinean legislative election, 2013
• Political parties in Guinea

Branches of the government of Guinea

Government of Guinea

Executive branch of the government of Guinea

• Head of state: President of Guinea
• Head of government: President of Guinea
• Cabinet of Guinea
• Cabinet of the First Republic of Guinea – governing body of Guinea from independence on 28 September 1958 until the death of President Ahmed Sékou Touré on 26 March 1984, followed by a bloodless coup by Colonel Lansana Conté on 5 April 1984.
• Ministers of Justice of Guinea

Legislative branch of the government of Guinea

• National Assembly (unicameral)

Judicial branch of the government of Guinea

• Ministers of Justice of Guinea

Foreign relations of Guinea

Foreign relations of Guinea

• Diplomatic missions in Guinea
• Diplomatic missions of Guinea
• Embassy of Guinea in Washington, D.C.
• Embassy of Guinea, London

International organization membership

The Republic of Guinea is a member of:

• African, Caribbean, and Pacific Group of States (ACP)
• African Development Bank Group (AfDB)
• African Union (AU)
• Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS)
• Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)
• Group of 77 (G77)
• International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD)
• International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO)
• International Criminal Court (ICCt)
• International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol)
• International Development Association (IDA)
• International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRCS)
• International Finance Corporation (IFC)
• International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)
• International Labour Organization (ILO)
• International Maritime Organization (IMO)
• International Monetary Fund (IMF)
• International Olympic Committee (IOC)
• International Organization for Migration (IOM)
• International Organization for Standardization (ISO) (correspondent)
• International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement (ICRM)
• International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
• International Telecommunications Satellite Organization (ITSO)
• International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC)

• Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU)
• Islamic Development Bank (IDB)
• Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA)
• Nonaligned Movement (NAM)
• Organisation internationale de la Francophonie (OIF)
• Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC)
• Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW)
• United Nations (UN)
• United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
• United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
• United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
• United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO)
• United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO)
• United Nations Mission in the Sudan (UNMIS)
• United Nations Operation in Cote d'Ivoire (UNOCI)
• Universal Postal Union (UPU)
• World Confederation of Labour (WCL)
• World Customs Organization (WCO)
• World Federation of Trade Unions (WFTU)
• World Health Organization (WHO)
• World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
• World Meteorological Organization (WMO)
• World Tourism Organization (UNWTO)
• World Trade Organization (WTO)

Law and order in Guinea

Law of Guinea

• Law Enforcement in Guinea
• Constitution of Guinea
• Guinean constitutional referendum, 1958
• Guinean constitutional referendum, 1990
• Guinean constitutional referendum, 2001
• Crime in Guinea
• Human trafficking in Guinea
• Polygamy in Guinea
• Human rights in Guinea
• LGBT rights in Guinea

Military of Guinea

Military of Guinea

• Command
• Commander-in-chief:
• Forces
• Army of Guinea
• Air Force of Guinea

Local government in Guinea

Local government in Guinea

History of Guinea

History of Guinea, by period

History of Guinea

• Early history – see history of West Africa
• Sahelian kingdoms – the area which is now Guinea lay on the fringes of these Kingdoms
• Imamate of Futa Jallon – West African theocratic state based in the Futa Jallon highlands of modern Guinea. The state was founded around 1727 by a Fulani jihad and became part of the French colonial empire in 1896.
• Wassoulou Empire – short-lived (1878–1898) empire of West Africa built from the conquests of Dyula ruler Samori Touré and destroyed by the French colonial army.
• Anglo-French Convention of 1882 – confirmed the territorial boundaries between Guinea and Sierra Leone around Conakry and Freetown.
• Rivières du Sud – administrative division of colonial French West Africa
• French Guinea – colony until 1958, part of French West Africa
• Colonial governors of French Guinea
• Independence – in 1958, the colony chose independence from France, and named itself Guinea
• Ahmed Sékou Touré – ruled as president from 1958 to 1984
• Cabinet of the First Republic of Guinea – governing body of Guinea from independence on 28 September 1958 until the death of President Ahmed Sékou Touré on 26 March 1984, followed by a bloodless coup by Colonel Lansana Conté on 5 April 1984.
• Lansana Conté – took over in a bloodless coup, and ruled as president from 1984 to 2008
• 2007 Guinean general strike
• 2008 Guinean coup d'état – Moussa Dadis Camara seized control from 23 December 2008 to 3 December 2009
• National Assembly of Guinea dissolved
• 2008 Guinean military unrest
• 2009 Guinea mine collapse
• Alpha Condé – elected president in 2010, survived an attempted coup less than a year later
• Guinean legislative election, 2013 – National Assembly of Guinea re-established
• 2014 in Guinea
• Ebola virus epidemic in West Africa

History of Guinea, by region

• Timeline of Conakry

History of Guinea, by subject

• Massacres in Guinea

Culture of Guinea

Culture of Guinea

• Architecture of Guinea
• List of buildings and structures in Guinea
• Cuisine of Guinea
• Languages of Guinea
• Music of Guinea
• Camayenne Sofa
• National symbols of Guinea
• Coat of arms of Guinea
• Flag of Guinea
• National anthem of Guinea
• People of Guinea
• List of Guineans
• Public holidays in Guinea
• Religion in Guinea
• Christianity in Guinea
• Roman Catholicism in Guinea
• List of Roman Catholic dioceses in Guinea
• Episcopal Conference of Guinea
• Hinduism in Guinea
• Islam in Guinea
• Scouting and Guiding in Guinea
• World Heritage Sites in Guinea

Art in Guinea

• Cinema of Guinea
• List of Guinean films
• Literature of Guinea
• List of Guinean writers
• Music of Guinea

Sports in Guinea

Sports in Guinea

• Football in Guinea
• Football clubs in Guinea
• Guinea at the Olympics
• List of Guinean records in athletics
• Guinea national basketball team

Economy and infrastructure of Guinea

Economy of Guinea

• Economic rank, by nominal GDP (2007): 138th (one hundred and thirty eighth)
• Agriculture in Guinea
• Banking in Guinea
• Banks in Guinea
• Central Bank of the Republic of Guinea – located in Conakry
• Communications in Guinea
• Postage stamps and postal history of Guinea
• Telecommunications in Guinea
• Internet in Guinea
• Telephone numbers in Guinea
• Companies of Guinea
• Supermarket chains in Guinea
• Currency of Guinea: Franc
• ISO 4217: GNF
• Energy in Guinea
• Power stations in Guinea
• Health care in Guinea
• Mining in Guinea
• Trade unions in Guinea
• Transport in Guinea
• Airports in Guinea
• Rail transport in Guinea
• Railway stations in Guinea

Education in Guinea

Education in Guinea

• National Library of Guinea
• Schools in Guinea
• Universities in Guinea

Health in Guinea

Health in Guinea

• HIV/AIDS in Guinea

See also

Guinea

• List of Guinea-related topics
• List of international rankings
• Member state of the United Nations
• Outline of Africa
• Outline of geography

References

External links

• Official Government Website (French)