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Guinea (/ˈɡɪni/ ^ⓘ GHIN-ee), officially the Republic of Guinea (French: République de Guinée), is a coastal country in West Africa. It borders the Atlantic Ocean to the west, Guinea-Bissau to the northwest, Senegal to the north, Mali to the northeast, Côte d'Ivoire to the southeast, and Sierra Leone and Liberia to the south. It is sometimes referred to as Guinea-Conakry, after its capital Conakry, to distinguish it from other territories in the eponymous region, such as Guinea-Bissau and Equatorial Guinea. Guinea has a population of 14 million and an area of 245,857 square kilometres (94,926 sq mi).

Formerly French Guinea, it achieved independence in 1958. Guinea has a history of military coups d'état. After decades of authoritarian rule, it held its first democratic election in 2010. As it continued to hold multi-party elections, the country still faces ethnic conflicts, corruption, and abuses by the military and police. In 2011, the United States government claimed that torture by security forces and abuse of women and children (including female genital mutilation) were ongoing human rights issues. In 2021, a military faction overthrew president Alpha Condé and suspended the constitution.

Muslims represent 90% of the population. The country is divided into four geographic regions: Maritime Guinea on the Atlantic coast, the Fouta Djallon or Middle Guinea highlands, the Upper Guinea savanna region in the northeast, and the Guinée forestière region of tropical forests. French, the official language of Guinea, is a language of communication in schools, government administration, and the media. More than 24 indigenous languages are spoken, and the largest are Susu, Pular, and Maninka, which dominate respectively in Maritime Guinea, Fouta Djallon, and Upper Guinea, while Guinée forestière is ethnolinguistically diverse. Guinea's economy is mostly dependent on agriculture and mineral production. It is the world's second-largest producer of bauxite and has deposits of diamonds and gold. As of the most recent survey in 2018, 66.2% of the population is affected by multidimensional poverty, and an additional 16.4% are vulnerable to it. The country was at the core of the Western African Ebola virus epidemic.

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Guinea has 1,086 km of railways. This includes 279 km at 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) gauge and 807 km at 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) gauge. The latter includes 662 km in common carrier service from Kankan to Conakry.

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... that the national women's day of Guinea-Bissau commemorates the death of Titina Silá, who was killed on this day during the nation's war of independence?
... that to encourage the development of Bissau-Guinean cinema, one foreign filmmaker provided the country's film institute with cameras, lights, and a Steinbeck guitar?
... that Salvador Ondo Nkumu read out the sentences of mercenaries involved in the 2004 Equatorial Guinea coup d'état attempt?
... that upon independence from Portugal, the flags of São Tomé and Príncipe, Cape Verde, and Guinea-Bissau all featured the colours green, yellow and red, as well as black stars?
... that a banker was named the prime minister of Equatorial Guinea after his predecessor resigned during an economic crisis?
... that Equatorial Guinea's national abortion law is, as of 2022, one of only eleven that requires a woman to get her spouse's approval to receive an abortion?

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Image 1Kissidougou market (from Guinea)
Image 2President Ahmed Sékou Touré was supported by Communist states and, in 1961, visited Yugoslavia. (from Guinea)
Image 3Kissidougou market (from Guinea)
Image 4President Alpha Condé with Russian President Vladimir Putin on 28 September 2017 (from Guinea)
Image 5Fouta Djallon highlands in central Guinea (from Guinea)
Image 6The 2019–2020 Guinean protests against the rule of Alpha Condé (from Guinea)
Image 7Badiar National Park (from Guinea)
Image 8U.S. President Jimmy Carter welcoming Ahmed Sékou Touré outside the White House, Washington, D.C., 1979 (from Guinea)
Image 9Köppen climate classification of Guinea (from Guinea)
Image 10President Alpha Condé with Russian President Vladimir Putin on 28 September 2017 (from Guinea)
Image 11The 2019–2020 Guinean protests against the rule of Alpha Condé (from Guinea)
Image 12A market stall selling vegetables in Dinguiraye Prefecture, Guinea (from Guinea)
Image 13Kora, one of the instruments, is shown here. (from Guinea)
Image 14A market stall selling vegetables in Dinguiraye Prefecture, Guinea (from Guinea)
Image 15President Ahmed Sékou Touré was supported by Communist states and, in 1961, visited Yugoslavia. (from Guinea)
Image 16Fouta Djallon highlands in central Guinea (from Guinea)
Image 17Badiar National Park (from Guinea)
Image 18Malinke fisher women on the Niger River, Niandankoro, Kankan Region, in eastern Guinea (from Guinea)
Image 19The "Voile de la Mariée" (Bride's Veil) waterfall in Kindia (from Guinea)
Image 20U.S. President Jimmy Carter welcoming Ahmed Sékou Touré outside the White House, Washington, D.C., 1979 (from Guinea)
Image 21Köppen climate classification of Guinea (from Guinea)
Image 22A proportional representation of Guinea exports, 2019 (from Guinea)
Image 23Regions of Guinea (from Guinea)
Image 24Malinke fisher women on the Niger River, Niandankoro, Kankan Region, in eastern Guinea (from Guinea)
Image 25A proportional representation of Guinea exports, 2019 (from Guinea)
Image 26Regions of Guinea (from Guinea)
Image 27A map showing Guinea's cities and administrative divisions (from Guinea)
Image 28The "Voile de la Mariée" (Bride's Veil) waterfall in Kindia (from Guinea)
Image 29Kora, one of the instruments, is shown here. (from Guinea)
Image 30A map showing Guinea's cities and administrative divisions (from Guinea)