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Guinea
Guinea Listen/ˈɡɪni/, officially the Republic of Guinea (French: République de Guinée), is a country in West Africa. Formerly known as French Guinea (Guinée française), it is today sometimes called Guinea-Conakry to distinguish it from its neighbour Guinea-Bissau and the Republic of Equatorial Guinea. Guinea has almost 246,000 square kilometres (94,981 sq mi) and a population of 10,057,975. It forms a crescent by curving from its western border on the Atlantic Ocean toward the east and the south. Its northern border is shared with Guinea-Bissau, Senegal, and Mali, the southern one with Sierra Leone, Liberia, and Côte d'Ivoire. The Niger River's source is in the Guinea Highlands in southeastern Guinea. Guinea is geographically divided into eight administrative regions and subdivided into thirty-three prefectures. Conakry is the capital, largest city and economic centre. The other major cities in the country include Kankan, Nzérékoré, Kindia, Labe, Guéckédou, Mamou and Boke. Guinea's 10 million people belong to twenty-four ethnic groups. The largest and most prominent groups are the Fula 40%, Mandingo 30%, and Susu 20%. Guinea is a predominantly Muslim country at about 85% of the population http://www. visualgeography. com/categories/guinea/religion. htmlhttp://www. ecobank. com/countryinfo. aspx?cid=74049http://www. uiowa. edu/~africart/toc/countries/Guinea-Conakry. html. Christians, mostly Roman Catholic, make up about 10%http://www. guineaconakrysupport. com/?lang=en of the population of Guinea and they are largely found in the Guinea forestiere region in southern Guinea. Guinea is very rich in minerals, including bauxite, diamond, and gold. The country's economy is largey dependent on agriculture and mineral production http://www. africa-import-export. gm/import-export/guinea-conakry. htm. The country is the second largest bauxite producer in the world http://www. guineaconakrysupport. com/?lang=en. French is the official language of Guinea and is the language of communication at schools, government administration, the media, and among the country's security forces. Guinea is home to over twenty four indigenous languages. The three most widely spoken languages in Guinea are the Fula, Susu and Mandinka. The Fula language is widely spoken in the Fouta Djallon region in central Guinea. The Mandinka language is widely spoken in Eastern Guinea and part of the Guinea forestiere region and the Susu language is widely spoken in the coastal region of northwestern Guinea. http://www. gowestafrica. org/peoplegroups/susu/
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