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$Unique_ID{COW01521}
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$Title{Guinea
Statistical Profile of Guinea}
$Subtitle{}
$Author{Central Intelligence Agency}
$Affiliation{United States Government}
$Subject{km
rate
guinea
million
total
april
bauxite
conakry
guinean
national}
$Date{1990}
$Log{National Anthem*59300010.aud
Map of Guinea*0152101.scf
Flag of Guinea*0152102.scf
}
Country: Guinea
Book: CIA World Factbook
Author: Central Intelligence Agency
Affiliation: United States Government
Date: 1990
[Hear National Anthem]
[See Map of Guinea]
[See Flag of Guinea]
Statistical Profile of Guinea
Geography
Total area: 245,860 km2; land area: 245,860 km2
Comparative area: slightly smaller than Oregon
Land boundaries: 3,399 km total; Guinea-Bissau 386 km, Ivory Coast
610 km, Liberia 563 km, Mali 858 km, Senegal 330 km, Sierra Leone 652 km
Coastline: 320 km
Maritime claims:
Extended economic zone: 200 nm
Territorial sea: 12 nm
Climate: generally hot and humid; monsoonal-type rainy season
(June to November) with southwesterly winds; dry season (December to
May) with northeasterly harmattan winds
Terrain: generally flat coastal plain, hilly to mountainous interior
Natural resources: bauxite, iron ore, diamonds, gold, uranium,
hydropower, fish
Land use: 6% arable land; NEGL% permanent crops; 12% meadows and
pastures; 42% forest and woodland; 40% other; includes NEGL% irrigated
Environment: hot, dry, dusty harmattan haze may reduce visibility during
dry season; deforestation
People
Population: 7,086,445 (July 1989), growth rate 2.5% (1989)
Birth rate: 48 births/1,000 population (1989)
Death rate: 22 deaths/1,000 population (1989)
Net migration rate: 0 migrants/1,000 population (1989)
Infant mortality rate: 149 deaths/1,000 live births (1989)
Life expectancy at birth: 40 years male, 44 years female (1989)
Total fertility rate: 6.1 children born/woman (1989)
Nationality: noun--Guinean(s); adjective--Guinean
Ethnic divisions: Fulani, Malinke, Sousou, 15 smaller tribes
Religion: 85% Muslim, 5% indigenous beliefs, 1.5% Christian
Language: French (official); each tribe has its own language
Literacy: 20% in French; 48% in local languages
Labor force: 2,400,000 (1983); 82.0% agriculture, 11.0% industry and
commerce, 5.4% services; 88,112 civil servants (1987); 52% of population of
working age (1985)
Organized labor: virtually 100% of wage earners loosely affiliated with
the National Confederation of Guinean Workers
Government
Long-form name: Republic of Guinea
Type: republic
Capital: Conakry
Administrative divisions: 29 administrative regions (regions
administratives, singular--region administrative); Beyla, Boffa, Boke,
Conakry, Dabola, Dalaba, Dinguiraye, Dubreka, Faranah, Forecariah, Fria, Gaoual,
Gueckedou, Kankan, Kerouane, Kindia, Kissidougou, Koundara, Kouroussa, Labe,
Macenta, Mali, Mamou, Nzerekore, Pita, Siguiri, Telimele, Tougue, Yomou
Independence: 2 October 1958 (from France; formerly French Guinea)
Constitution: 14 May 1982, suspended after coup of 3 April 1984
Legal system: based on French civil law system, customary law, and decree;
legal codes currently being revised; has not accepted compulsory ICJ
jurisdiction
.SP
National holiday: Anniversary of the Second Republic, 3 April (1984)
Branches: coup on 3 April 1984 established 17-member Military Committee
for National Redressment (CMRN) to determine government policy; the highest
ranking CMRN member became President, with other CMRN assuming most Cabinet
portfolios
Leader:
Chief of State and Head of Government Gen. Lansana CONTE (since
5 April 1984)
Suffrage: universal over age 18
Elections: none scheduled
Political parties and leaders: following 3 April 1984 coup all political
activity was banned
Communists: no Communist party, although there are some sympathizers
Member of: AfDB, ECA, ECOWAS, FAO, G-77, IBA, IBRD, ICAO, ICO, IDA,
IDB--Islamic Development Bank, IFAD, ILO, IMF, IMO, INTELSAT, INTERPOL, ITU,
Mano River Union, Niger River Commission, NAM, OAU, OATUU, OIC, UN, UNESCO,
UPU, WHO, WMO
Diplomatic representation: Ambassador Kekoura CAMARA; Chancery at
2112 Leroy Place NW, Washington DC 20008; telephone (202) 483-9420;
US--Ambassador Samuel E. LUPO; Embassy at 2nd Boulevard and 9th Avenue,
Conakry (mailing address is B. P. 603, Conakry); telephone 44-15-20 through 24
Flag: three equal vertical bands of red (hoist side), yellow, and green;
uses the popular pan-African colors of Ethiopia; similar to the flag of Rwanda
which has a large black letter R centered in the yellow band
Economy
Overview: Although possessing many natural resources and considerable
potential for agricultural development, Guinea is one of the poorest
countries in the world. The agricultural sector contributes about 40%
to GDP and employs more than 80% of the work force, while industry
accounts for about 25% of GDP. Guinea possesses over one-fourth of the
world's bauxite reserves; exports of bauxite and alumina accounted for more
than 80% of total exports in 1986.
GDP: $1.7 billion, per capita $270; real growth rate 5.9%
(1987 est.)
Inflation rate (consumer prices): 34% (1987)
Unemployment rate: NA%
Budget: revenues $358.2 million; expenditures $442.8 million, including
capital expenditures of $198 million (1987)
Exports: $571 million (f.o.b., 1987);
commodities--alumina, bauxite, diamonds, coffee, pineapples, bananas,
palm kernels;
partners--US 33%, EC 33%, USSR and Eastern Europe 20%, Canada
Imports: $560 million (c.i.f., 1987);
commodities--petroleum products, metals, machinery, transport equipment,
foodstuffs, textiles and other grain;
partners--US 16%, France, Brazil
External debt: $1.6 billion (December 1988)
Industrial production: growth rate NA%
Electricity: 108,000 kW capacity; 243 million kWh produced,
35 kWh per capita (1988)
Industries: bauxite mining, alumina, diamond mining, light
manufacturing and agricultural processing industries
Agriculture: cash crops--coffee, bananas, palm products, peanuts, citrus
fruits, pineapples; food crops--cassava, rice, millet, corn, sweet potatoes;
livestock raised in some areas
Aid: NA
Currency: Guinean franc (plural--francs);
1 Guinean franc (FG) = 100 centimes
Exchange rates: Guinean francs (FG) per US $1--505.00 (October 1988),
440.00 (January 1988), 440.00 (1987), 235.63 (1986), 22.47 (1985)
Fiscal year: calendar year
Communications
Railroads: 1,045 km; 806 km 1.000-meter gauge, 239 km 1.435-meter
standard gauge
Highways: 30,100 km total; 1,145 km paved, 12,955 km gravel or laterite
(of which barely 4,500 km are currently all-weather roads), 16,000 km unimproved
earth (1987)
Inland waterways: 1,295 km navigable by shallow-draft native craft
Ports: Conakry, Kamsar
Civil air: 4 major transport aircraft
Airports: 17 total, 17 usable; 5 with permanent-surface runways; 3 with
runways 2,440-3,659 m; 9 with runways 1,220-2,439 m
Telecommunications: fair system of open-wire lines, small
radiocommunication stations, and new radio relay system; 10,000 telephones;
stations--3 AM, 1 FM, 1 TV; 12,000 TV sets; 125,000 radio receivers;
1 Atlantic Ocean satellite ground station
Defense Forces
Branches: Army (ground forces), Navy (acts primarily as a coast guard),
Air Force, paramilitary National Gendarmerie
Military manpower: males 15-49, 1,620,931; 816,563 fit for military
service
Military budget: NA