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Guinea

The Republic of Guinea lies on the west coast of Africa, surrounded on the land side by Guinea-Bissau and Senegal on the north-west, Mali on the north-east, Ivory Coast on the south-east, and Liberia and Sierra Leone on the south.

  • Capital: Conakry
  • Currency: Guinea Franc
  • Population: 12,395,924
  • Area: 245 857 km²
  • GDP $ : $16.214 billion (2016)
  • Internet domain: .gn
  • Languages: French (official language)
  • Exports: Petroleum products; metals; machinery; transport equipment; textiles; grain and other foodstuffs
  • Imports: Bauxite; alumina; diamonds; gold; coffee; fish; agricultural products
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