{"id":76041,"date":"2025-12-02T13:01:42","date_gmt":"2025-12-02T07:31:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=76041"},"modified":"2025-12-02T15:38:54","modified_gmt":"2025-12-02T10:08:54","slug":"key-fact-about-guinea-bissau","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/key-fact-about-guinea-bissau\/","title":{"rendered":"Key Fact about Guinea-Bissau"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Guinea-Bissau Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recently, the African country of Guinea-Bissau fell under military rule.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Guinea-Bissau<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is one of the smallest countries in the <\/span><b>African continent.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Bordering Countries:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It borders <\/span><b>Senegal <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">to the north and <\/span><b>Guina to <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">its eastern and southern boundaries.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Maritime Boundary:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0 To the west, the country has a coastline on <\/span><b>the Atlantic Ocean.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It includes the <\/span><b>Bijag\u00f3s (Bissagos) archipelago<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and other islands that lie off the coast.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Capital City:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Bissau<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>Geographical Features of Guinea-Bissau<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Terrain:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Mostly <\/span><b>low-lying coastal plain<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> with a deeply indented estuarine coastline rising to savanna in the east.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Plateau<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> : The <\/span><b>Fouta Djallon Plateau<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> dominates the southeastern part of the country.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Climate: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It has a <\/span><b>generally tropical<\/b> <b>climate <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">influenced by the intertropical convergence zone (ITCZ).<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Its environment is largely made up of <\/span><b>swamps and marshlands.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Rivers:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Corubal, Geba, and Cacheu ETC.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Economy:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Fishing is a huge local industry of this country.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Natural resources:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Phosphates, bauxite, clay, granite, limestone,<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source:<\/b><strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/ddnews.gov.in\/en\/another-coup-in-africa-guinea-bissau-falls\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">DD News<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Guinea-Bissau is one of the smallest countries in the African continent. 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