Western Africa, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean, between Guinea and Senegal
12 00 N, 15 00 W
Africa
total: 36,125 sq km
land: 28,120 sq km
water: 8,005 sq km
slightly less than three times the size of Connecticut
total: 762 km
border countries (2): Guinea 421 km, Senegal 341 km
350 km
territorial sea: 12 nm
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
tropical; generally hot and humid; monsoonal-type rainy season (June to November) with southwesterly winds; dry season (December to May) with northeasterly harmattan winds
mostly low-lying coastal plain with a deeply indented estuarine coastline rising to savanna in east; numerous off-shore islands including the Arquipelago Dos Bijagos consisting of 18 main islands and many small islets
highest point: unnamed elevation in the eastern part of the country 300 m
lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
mean elevation: 70 m
fish, timber, phosphates, bauxite, clay, granite, limestone, unexploited deposits of petroleum
agricultural land: 44.8% (2018 est.)
arable land: 8.2% (2018 est.)
permanent crops: 6.9% (2018 est.)
permanent pasture: 29.7% (2018 est.)
forest: 55.2% (2018 est.)
other: 0% (2018 est.)
250 sq km (2012)
31.4 billion cubic meters (2017 est.)
approximately one-fifth of the population lives in the capital city of Bissau along the Atlantic coast; the remainder is distributed among the eight other, mainly rural, regions as shown in this population distribution map
hot, dry, dusty harmattan haze may reduce visibility during dry season; brush fires
party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Climate Change-Paris Agreement, Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands, Whaling
signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements
this small country is swampy along its western coast and low-lying inland
NOTE: The information regarding GuineaBissau on this page is re-published from the 2021 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of GuineaBissau 2021 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about GuineaBissau 2021 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.
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