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 to differentiate it from the neighboring Guinea-Bissau.
General reference
- Pronunciation:
- Common English country names: Guinea or Guinea-Conakry
- Official English country name: The Republic of Guinea
- Common endonym:
- Official endonym:
- Adjectival: Guinean
- Demonym:
- ISO country codes: GN, GIN, 324
- ISO region codes: See
- Internet country code top-level domain:.gn
Geography of Guinea
- Guinea is: a country
- Population of Guinea: 9,370,000 - 87th most populous country
- Area of Guinea: 245,857 km2
- :commons:Atlas of Guinea|Atlas of Guinea
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
- Upper Guinean forests
- * Western Guinean lowland forests
- * Guinean montane forests
- Guinean forest-savanna mosaic
- West Sudanian savanna
- Guinean mangroves
Administrative divisions of Guinea
- Regions of Guinea
- * Prefectures of Guinea
- ** Sub-prefectures of Guinea
Regions of Guinea
Prefectures of Guinea
Municipalities of Guinea
- Capital of Guinea: Conakry
- Cities of Guinea
Demography of Guinea
Government and 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
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
Judicial branch of the government of Guinea
- Ministers of Justice 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
- African, Caribbean, and Pacific Group of States
- African Development Bank Group
- African Union
- Economic Community of West African States
- Food and Agriculture Organization
- Group of 77
- International Bank for Reconstruction and Development
- International Civil Aviation Organization
- International Criminal Court
- International Criminal Police Organization
- International Development Association
- International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
- International Finance Corporation
- International Fund for Agricultural Development
- International Labour Organization
- International Maritime Organization
- International Monetary Fund
- International Olympic Committee
- International Organization for Migration
- International Organization for Standardization
- International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement
- International Telecommunication Union
- International Telecommunications Satellite Organization
- International Trade Union Confederation
- Inter-Parliamentary Union
- Islamic Development Bank
- Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency
- Nonaligned Movement
- Organisation internationale de la Francophonie
- Organisation of Islamic Cooperation
- Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons
- United Nations
- United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
- United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization
- United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
- United Nations Industrial Development Organization
- United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara
- United Nations Mission in the Sudan
- United Nations Operation in Cote d'Ivoire
- Universal Postal Union
- World Confederation of Labour
- World Customs Organization
- World Federation of Trade Unions
- World Health Organization
- World Intellectual Property Organization
- World Meteorological Organization
- World Tourism Organization
- World Trade Organization
Law and order 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
- Command
- * Commander-in-chief:
- Forces
- * Army of Guinea
- * Air Force of Guinea
Local government in Guinea
History of Guinea
History of Guinea, by period
- 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 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
- Architecture of Guinea
- * List of buildings and structures in Guinea
- Cuisine of Guinea
- Languages of Guinea
- 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
- Football in Guinea
- * Football clubs in Guinea
- Guinea at the Olympics
- List of Guinean records in athletics
Economy and infrastructure of Guinea
- Economic rank, by nominal GDP : 138th
- 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
- National Library of Guinea
- Schools in Guinea
- Universities in Guinea
Health in Guinea
- HIV/AIDS in Guinea