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{{Infobox country
|native_name              = ''República da Guiné-Bissau'' {{spaces|2}}<small>{{in lang|pt}}</small>
|conventional_long_name   = Republic of Guinea-Bissau
|common_name              = Guinea-Bissau
|demonym                  = Bissau-Guinean(s)<ref name="usstate">{{cite web|url=http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/5454.htm|title=Background Note: Guinea-Bissau|date=December 2009|publisher=US Department of State|accessdate=7 February 2010}}</ref>
|image_flag               = Flag of Guinea-Bissau.svg
|image_coat               = Coat of arms of Guinea-Bissau.svg
|symbol_type              = Emblem
|image_map                = LocationGuineaBissau.svg
|national_motto           = {{lang-pt|"Unidade, Luta, Progresso"}}{{spaces|2}}<br><small>''"Unity, Struggle, Progress"''</small>
|national_anthem          = {{lang-pt|"[[Esta é a Nossa Pátria Bem Amada]]"}}{{spaces|2}}<br><small>''"This is Our Well-Beloved Motherland"''</small>
|official_languages       = [[Portuguese language|Portuguese]]
|national_languages       = Guinea-Bissau Creole
|languages_type = Other [[national language]]s
|languages = {{unbulleted_list|French|English|Arabic|Balanta|Jola-Fonyi|Fulfulde|Fang|Bubi|Hassaniya Arabic|Mandinka|Mandjak|Mankanya|Myene|Noon|Pulaar|Serer|Soninke}}
|ethnic_groups            = African 99% (includes Balanta 30%<br>Fula 20%<br>Manjaca 14%<br>Mandinga 13%<br>Papel 7%)<br>European and mulatto less than 1%
|capital                  = [[Bissau]]
|coordinates = {{Coord|11|52|N|15|36|W|type:city}}
|largest_city             = capital
|government_type          = [[Republic]]
|leader_title1            = [[President of Guinea-Bissau|President]]
|leader_name1             = [[Umaro Sissoco Embaló]]
|leader_title2            = [[List of heads of government of Guinea-Bissau|Prime Minister]]
|leader_name2             = [[Rui Duarte de Barros]]
|legislature               = [[National People's Assembly of Guinea-Bissau|National People's Assembly]]
|area_rank                = 136th
|area_km2                 = 36,125
|area_sq_mi               = 13,948
|percent_water            = 22.4
|population_estimate      = 1,647,000<ref name=unpop>{{cite journal | url=http://www.un.org/esa/population/publications/wpp2008/wpp2008_text_tables.pdf | title=World Population Prospects, Table A.1| version=2008 revision  | publisher=United Nations | author=Department of Economic and Social Affairs Population Division | year=2009 | accessdate=12 March 2009}} NB: The preliminary results of the National population census in Guinea-Bissau put the figure at 1,449,230, according to email information by the Instituto Nacional de Estudos e Pesquisa, Bissau.</ref>
|population_estimate_rank = 148th
|population_estimate_year = 2010
|population_census        = 1,345,479
|population_census_year   = 2002
|population_density_km2   = 44.1
|population_density_sq_mi = 115.5
|population_density_rank  = 154th
|GDP_PPP                  = $1.925 billion<ref name=imf2>{{cite web|url=http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/weo/2012/01/weodata/weorept.aspx?sy=2009&ey=2012&scsm=1&ssd=1&sort=country&ds=.&br=1&c=654&s=NGDPD%2CNGDPDPC%2CPPPGDP%2CPPPPC%2CLP&grp=0&a=&pr.x=36&pr.y=17 |title=Guinea-Bissau|publisher=International Monetary Fund|accessdate=12 April 2012}}</ref>
|GDP_PPP_year             = 2011
|GDP_PPP_per_capita       = $1,144<ref name=imf2/>
|GDP_nominal              = $969 million<ref name=imf2/>
|GDP_nominal_year         = 2011
|GDP_nominal_per_capita   = $575<ref name=imf2/>
|sovereignty_type         = [[Guinea-Bissau War of Independence|Independence]]
|sovereignty_note         = from [[Portugal]]
|established_date1        = 24 September 1973
|established_event1       = Declared
|established_date2        = 10 September 1974
|established_event2       = Recognized
|HDI                      = 0.289
|HDI_rank                 = 164th
|HDI_year                 = 2010
|Gini                     = 47
|Gini_year                = 1993
|currency                 = [[West African CFA franc]]
|currency_code            = XOF
|time_zone                = [[GMT]]
|utc_offset               = +0
|time_zone_DST            =
|utc_offset_DST           =
|drives_on                    = right
|cctld                    = [[.gw]]
|calling_code             = 245}}
[[File:Satellite image of Guinea-Bissau in January 2003.jpg|thumbnail|right|[[Satellite]] image of Guinea-Bissau]]
[[File:LocationGuineaBissau.png|thumbnail|right|Where Guinea-Bissau is in the World]]
'''Guinea-Bissau''' is a [[country]] in [[Africa]]. It borders [[Senegal]] to the north, [[Guinea]] to the south. The official language is [[Portuguese language|Portuguese]], and the [[capital (city)|capital]] is [[Bissau]]. About 1,442,000 people live in Guinea-Bissau as of [[2006]].<ref>[http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9110789/Guinea-Bissau Retrieved on 8 October 2007.]</ref> The country was a Portuguese [[colony]] in the [[19th century]]. At that time is was called [[Portuguese Guinea]]. It became [[independent]] in 1973. In 1974, the name of the [[country]]'s capital was added so that it would not be [[confusion|confused]] with the [[neighbor]]ing country [[Guinea]].

==Regions and sectors==
Guinea-Bissau is divided into 8 regions and one [[Autonomous entity|autonomous]] sector. These are divided into thirty-seven sectors. The regions are:
*[[Bafatá Region|Bafatá]]
*[[Biombo Region|Biombo]]
*[[Bissau Region|Bissau]]*
*[[Bolama Region|Bolama]]
*[[Cacheu Region|Cacheu]]
*[[Gabu Region|Gabu]]
*[[Oio Region|Oio]]
*[[Quinara Region|Quinara]]
*[[Tombali Region|Tombali]]
<small>* autonomous sector</small>

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