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Guinea
Guinea is a country in Western Africa with its capital in Conakry.
- Capital
- Conakry
- Region
- Western Africa, Africa
- Population
- 14.4 million
- Languages
- French
- Currency
- Guinean franc (Fr)
- Area
- 245,857 km²
- Borders
- 🇬🇼 Guinea-Bissau 🇨🇮 Ivory Coast 🇱🇷 Liberia 🇲🇱 Mali 🇸🇳 Senegal 🇸🇱 Sierra Leone
💡 Holds a third of the world's bauxite reserves — the metal in your soda can.
About the flag
Its colours echo the national motto Work, Justice, Solidarity and the pan-African ideals of independence leader Ahmed Sékou Touré.
How to spot it: Plain vertical red-yellow-green; Mali is the reverse (green at the hoist), and Cameroon and Senegal add a star.
Often confused with: 🇲🇱 Mali 🇨🇲 Cameroon 🇸🇳 Senegal