| | Geographic Coordinates: | 12 00 N, 15 00 W | | Location: | Western Africa, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean, between Guinea and Senegal | | Area: | total: 36,120 sq km
land: 28,000 sq km
water: 8,120 sq km | | Area - comparative: | slightly less than three times the size of Connecticut | | Land boundaries: | total: 724 km
border countries: Guinea 386 km, Senegal 338 km | | Coastline: | 350 km | | Terrain: | mostly low coastal plain rising to savanna in east | | Elevation extremes: | lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point: unnamed location in the northeast corner of the country 300 m | | Capital: | 9 regions (regioes, singular - regiao); Bafata, Biombo, Bissau, Bolama, Cacheu, Gabu, Oio, Quinara, Tombali; note - Bolama may have been renamed Bolama/Bijagos |
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