几内亚比绍,正式几内亚比绍共和国以前(直到1974年)葡萄牙几内亚、国家、非洲西部。其领土包括Bijagos群岛、西南大西洋海岸。面积:13948平方英里(36125平方公里)。人口:2022(美国东部时间)1644000年。资本:比绍。四大民族是巴兰特,富拉尼族,马林凯语,Mandyako。语言:葡萄牙语(官方)、Crioulo巴兰特,富拉语,Mandyako马林凯语。宗教:传统信仰,伊斯兰教、基督教。货币:非洲金融共同体法郎。大多数国家包括低,沼泽地形和平坦的高原。 The climate is generally hot and tropical. Much of the wildlife is aquatic; crocodiles, snakes, and birds such as pelicans and flamingos abound. Guinea-Bissau has a developing, primarily agricultural economy; cashews are by far the most important cash crop. Guinea-Bissau has a transitional government, established in the month following an April 2012 military coup. Prior to the coup, Guinea-Bissau was a republic with one legislative house; its head of state and government was the president, assisted by the prime minister. More than 1,000 years ago the coast of Guinea-Bissau was occupied by agriculturists using iron implements. They grew irrigated and dry rice and were also the major suppliers of marine salt to the western Sudan. At about the same time, the area came under the influence of the Mali empire and became a tributary kingdom known as Kaabu. After 1546 Kaabu was virtually autonomous; vestiges of it lasted until 1867. The earliest overseas contacts came in the 15th century with the Portuguese, who imported slaves from the Guinea area to the offshore佛得角岛屿。葡萄牙控制几内亚比绍边际尽管他们声称拥有主权。奴隶贸易的最后迫使葡萄牙内陆寻找新的利润。他们内部缓慢,有时暴力镇压;它直到1915年才有效地实现,但零星的抵抗一直持续到1936年。游击战争在1960年代导致该国1974年独立,但政治动荡持续,政府在1980年被军事政变推翻。新宪法于1984年采用,1994年首次举行多党选举。破坏性的内战在1998年之后,在1999年的一场军事政变,政变,但随后的选举。在2003年一场不流血的政变也紧随其后的是选举。2012年的一次政变打断了总统选举,一个过渡政权成立后。 In 2014 new elections were held, and a democratically elected administration was installed.
