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Hace 1 día · A clickable map of Guinea-Bissau exhibiting its eight regions and one autonomous sector. Guinea-Bissau is divided into eight regions (regiões) and one autonomous sector (sector autónomo). These, in turn, are subdivided into 37 Sectors. The regions are:
27 de jun. de 2024 · Guinea-Bissau, country of western Africa. Situated on the Atlantic coast, the predominantly low-lying country is slightly hilly farther inland. The name Guinea remains a source of debate; it is perhaps a corruption of an Amazigh (Berber) word meaning “land of the blacks.”
Hace 6 días · Guinea-Bissau’s history of political instability, a civil war, and several coups (the latest in 2012) have resulted in a fragile state with a weak economy, high unemployment, rampant corruption, widespread poverty, and thriving drug and child trafficking.
25 de jun. de 2024 · Conakri, capital de la República de Guinea. En la actualidad, la palabra designa tanto una región como tres países en África, y un país de Oceanía que está rodeado por el océano Pacífico: Guinea Ecuatorial, en África, antigua colonia española. Guinea-Bisáu, en África, antigua colonia portuguesa.
25 de jun. de 2024 · Map in English on Guinea-Bissau; published on 27 Feb 2023 by OCHA.
27 de jun. de 2024 · Map of northwest Africa, from the 10th edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica, published in 1902. (more) The struggle for dominance around Guinea-Bissau fell within the context of the greater scramble for Africa that characterized the 1884–85 Berlin Congress, which saw English demands for Guinean territories to the south and ...
27 de jun. de 2024 · Guinea-Bissau - Independence, Civil War, Economy: Full independence was achieved by Guinea-Bissau on September 10, 1974; Cape Verde achieved independence the following year. The Cape Verdean revolutionary comrades Luís de Almeida Cabral (half brother of Amílcar Cabral) and Aristides Pereira became the first presidents of Guinea ...
