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Daily news from Guinea, West Africa.

French Guinea became the Republic of Guinea at independence in 1958. It is bounded by Liberia, Cote dI'voire, Senegal, and Mali; and shares a coastline between Sierra Leone and Guinea -Bissau stretching to over 300 kilometres. Its total landmass, which lies north of the equator, is about 246,000 square kilometres.

Guinea contains: plateaux, coastal plains bordering the Atlantic Ocean and River Niger, highlands, lowlands, valleys, rivers, rich and dense tropical rain forests culminating at Mount Nimba, which rises up to over 1,750 metres at its peak.
The climate is tropical, with an average temperature of about 800F or 270C.

The economy is agriculture based. Goats, sheep, cattle, corn, cassava, paddy rice, yams, sweet potato, guinea-fowl, various fruits, plantain, palm oil and kernel, pineapples, peanuts, and coffee are farmed for domestic and export purposes, along with wood and timber.

Mineral and resource deposits include: diamond, bauxite, iron-ore, and crude oil.
Its industries include: aluminium, iron-ore, bauxite, diamond, and petroleum processing complexes; along with crude oil exploration. Its leading export is bauxite, and its capital is Conakry.

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