ISD Code: +245
Time Zone: GMT
Area: 36 125 sq km (13 944 sq mi)
Capital: Bissau
Population: 1 million
Main language: Portuguese (offical), African languages
General information: Guinea-Bissau has a coastline to the Atlantic Ocean, and is bordered by Senegal to the north, and Guinea to the south and east.
The country is low lying apart from savanna highlands in the north-east.
The climate is tropical. The north is affected by the Sahal, the wetter south by the Atlantic.
