{"id":351115,"date":"2025-12-02T15:15:14","date_gmt":"2025-12-02T09:45:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=351115"},"modified":"2025-12-02T15:15:14","modified_gmt":"2025-12-02T09:45:14","slug":"facts-about-guinea-bissau","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/facts-about-guinea-bissau\/","title":{"rendered":"Facts about Guinea Bissau"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>News: <\/strong>Recently, Guinea-Bissau faced a military coup, with Nigeria sheltering opposition candidate Fernando Dias and ECOWAS leaders urging soldiers to step down.<\/p>\n<h2>Key Facts about Guinea Bissau<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_351116\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-351116\" style=\"width: 354px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-351116 \" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Source-African-Guide.jpg?resize=354%2C230&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Facts about Guinea Bissau\" width=\"354\" height=\"230\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Source-African-Guide.jpg?resize=300%2C195&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Source-African-Guide.jpg?resize=1024%2C664&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Source-African-Guide.jpg?resize=768%2C498&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Source-African-Guide.jpg?w=1173&amp;ssl=1 1173w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-351116\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source &#8211; African Guide<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Location<\/strong><strong>:<\/strong> It is located in <strong>western Africa on the Atlantic coast.<\/strong><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>It is <strong>one of the smallest countries <\/strong>in the<strong> African continent.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Capital<\/strong><strong>:<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>Bissau<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Land boundaries: <\/strong>It shares land borders with <strong>Senegal to the north <\/strong>and <strong>Guinea to the east and south.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Maritime boundary: <\/strong>To the <strong>west<\/strong>, it has a coastline on <strong>the Atlantic Ocean.<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>It includes the <strong>Bijag\u00f3s<\/strong><strong> (Bissagos) <\/strong><strong>archipelago<\/strong> and other islands that lie off the coast.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Climate<\/strong><strong>: <\/strong>Guinea-Bissau has a <strong>generally tropical climate<\/strong> influenced by the <strong>intertropical convergence zone<\/strong><strong> (ITCZ).<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>River: <\/strong>Major rivers such as the <strong>Geba, Corubal and Cacheu <\/strong>drain plateaus and plains and create flood-prone floodplains.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Terrain<\/strong><strong>: <\/strong>The land is mostly <strong>low-lying coastal plains<\/strong> with tidal <strong>estuaries, swamps and savanna<\/strong> in the east, including plateaus and hills.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Plateau<\/strong>: The <strong>Fouta Djallon Plateau<\/strong> dominates the southeastern part of the country.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Highest peak:<\/strong> The highest point is <strong>Monte Torin .<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Fauna<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>The country <strong>hosts rich fauna<\/strong>, including aquatic birds, reptiles, sea turtles, gazelles, antelopes, monkeys, hyenas and leopards.<\/li>\n<li>There was once a substantial <strong>elephant population, but it has now been virtually eliminated.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News: Recently, Guinea-Bissau faced a military coup, with Nigeria sheltering opposition candidate Fernando Dias and ECOWAS leaders urging soldiers to step down. Key Facts about Guinea Bissau Location: It is located in western Africa on the Atlantic coast. It is one of the smallest countries in the African continent. 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