# Outline of Guinea

The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Guinea:
Guinea – country located in West Africa, that was formerly known as French Guinea. Guinea's territory has a curved shape, with its base at the Atlantic Ocean, inland to the east, and turning south. The base borders Guinea-Bissau and Senegal to the north, and Mali to the north and north-east; the inland part borders Côte d'Ivoire to the south-east, Liberia to the south, and Sierra Leone to the west of the southern tip. Its water sources include the Niger, Senegal, and Gambia rivers. Guinea is sometimes called Guinea-Conakry (Conakry being its capital) to differentiate it from the neighboring Guinea-Bissau (whose capital is Bissau).

## General reference

* Pronunciation: /ˈɡɪni/
* Common English country names: Guinea or Guinea-Conakry
* Official English country name: The Republic of Guinea
* Common endonym(s):
* Official endonym(s):
* Adjectival(s): Guinean
* Demonym(s):
* ISO country codes: GN, GIN, 324
* ISO region codes: See ISO 3166-2:GN
* Internet country code top-level domain: .gn

## Geography of Guinea

Geography of Guinea
* Guinea is: a country
* Population of Guinea: 9,370,000 - 87th most populous country
* Area of Guinea: 245,857 km$^2$
* Atlas of Guinea

### Location

* Guinea is situated within the following regions:
** Northern Hemisphere and Western Hemisphere
** Africa
*** West Africa
* Time zone: Coordinated Universal Time UTC+00
* Extreme points of Guinea
** High: Mont Nimba 1,752 m (5,748 ft)
** Low: North Atlantic Ocean 0 m
* Land boundaries: 3,399 km
    Mali 858 km
    Sierra Leone 652 km
    Cote d'Ivoire 610 km
    Liberia 563 km
    Guinea-Bissau 386 km
    Senegal 330 km
** Coastline: North Atlantic Ocean 320 km

### Environment of Guinea

* Climate of Guinea
* Geology of Guinea
* Protected areas of Guinea
* Wildlife of Guinea
** Fauna of Guinea
*** Birds of Guinea
*** Insects of Guinea
**** Butterflies of Guinea
**** Moths of Guinea
*** Mammals of Guinea

#### Natural geographic features of Guinea

* Glaciers in Guinea: none
* Forests in Guinea
** Upper Guinean forests
*** Western Guinean lowland forests
*** Guinean montane forests
** Guinean forest-savanna mosaic
* Guinean mangroves
* Rivers of Guinea
* World Heritage Sites in Guinea

### Regions of Guinea

* Natural regions of Guinea

#### Ecoregions of Guinea

Ecoregions in Guinea – the following ecoregions lie partially within Guinea:
* Upper Guinean forests
** Western Guinean lowland forests
** Guinean montane forests
* Guinean forest-savanna mosaic
* West Sudanian savanna
* Guinean mangroves

#### Administrative divisions of Guinea

Administrative divisions of Guinea
* Regions of Guinea
** Prefectures of Guinea
*** Sub-prefectures of Guinea

##### Regions of Guinea

Regions of Guinea

##### Prefectures of Guinea

Prefectures of Guinea

##### Municipalities of Guinea

* Capital of Guinea: Conakry
* Cities of Guinea

### Demography of Guinea

Demographics of Guinea

## Government and politics of Guinea

Politics of Guinea
* Form of government: presidential republic
* Capital of Guinea: Conakry
* Elections in Guinea
** Guinean general election, 1968
** Guinean general election, 1974
** Guinean legislative election, 1963
** Guinean legislative election, 1980
** Guinean legislative election, 1995
** Guinean legislative election, 2002
** Guinean legislative election, 2013
* Political parties in Guinea

### Branches of the government of Guinea

Government of Guinea

#### Executive branch of the government of Guinea

* Head of state: President of Guinea
* Head of government: President of Guinea
* Cabinet of Guinea
** Cabinet of the First Republic of Guinea – governing body of Guinea from independence on 28 September 1958 until the death of President Ahmed Sékou Touré on 26 March 1984, followed by a bloodless coup by Colonel Lansana Conté on 5 April 1984.
** Ministers of Justice of Guinea

#### Legislative branch of the government of Guinea

* National Assembly (unicameral)

#### Judicial branch of the government of Guinea

* Ministers of Justice of Guinea

### Foreign relations of Guinea

Foreign relations of Guinea
* Diplomatic missions in Guinea
* Diplomatic missions of Guinea
** Embassy of Guinea in Washington, D.C.
** Embassy of Guinea, London

#### International organization membership

The Republic of Guinea is a member of:

### Law and order in Guinea

Law of Guinea
* Law Enforcement in Guinea
* Constitution of Guinea
** Guinean constitutional referendum, 1958
** Guinean constitutional referendum, 1990
** Guinean constitutional referendum, 2001
* Crime in Guinea
** Human trafficking in Guinea
** Polygamy in Guinea
* Human rights in Guinea
** LGBT rights in Guinea

### Military of Guinea

Military of Guinea
* Command
** Commander-in-chief:
* Forces
** Army of Guinea
** Air Force of Guinea

### Local government in Guinea

Local government in Guinea

## History of Guinea
### History of Guinea, by period

History of Guinea
* Early history – see history of West Africa
** Sahelian kingdoms – the area which is now Guinea lay on the fringes of these Kingdoms
* Imamate of Futa Jallon – West African theocratic state based in the Futa Jallon highlands of modern Guinea. The state was founded around 1727 by a Fulani jihad and became part of the French colonial empire in 1896.
* Wassoulou Empire – short-lived (1878–1898) empire of West Africa built from the conquests of Dyula ruler Samori Touré and destroyed by the French colonial army.
* Anglo-French Convention of 1882 – confirmed the territorial boundaries between Guinea and Sierra Leone around Conakry and Freetown.
* Rivières du Sud – administrative division of colonial French West Africa
* French Guinea – colony until 1958, part of French West Africa
** Colonial governors of French Guinea
* Independence – in 1958, the colony chose independence from France, and named itself Guinea
* Ahmed Sékou Touré – ruled as president from 1958 to 1984
** Cabinet of the First Republic of Guinea – governing body of Guinea from independence on 28 September 1958 until the death of President Ahmed Sékou Touré on 26 March 1984, followed by a bloodless coup by Colonel Lansana Conté on 5 April 1984.
* Lansana Conté – took over in a bloodless coup, and ruled as president from 1984 to 2008
* 2007 Guinean general strike
* 2008 Guinean coup d'état – Moussa Dadis Camara seized control from 23 December 2008 to 3 December 2009
** National Assembly of Guinea dissolved
* 2008 Guinean military unrest
* 2009 Guinea mine collapse
* Alpha Condé – elected president in 2010, survived an attempted coup less than a year later
* Guinean legislative election, 2013 – National Assembly of Guinea re-established
* 2014 in Guinea
** Ebola virus epidemic in West Africa

### History of Guinea, by region

* Timeline of Conakry

### History of Guinea, by subject

* Massacres in Guinea

## Culture of Guinea

Culture of Guinea
* Architecture of Guinea
** List of buildings and structures in Guinea
* Cuisine of Guinea
* Languages of Guinea
* Music of Guinea
** Camayenne Sofa
* National symbols of Guinea
** Coat of arms of Guinea
** Flag of Guinea
** National anthem of Guinea
* People of Guinea
** List of Guineans
* Public holidays in Guinea
* Religion in Guinea
** Christianity in Guinea
*** Roman Catholicism in Guinea
**** List of Roman Catholic dioceses in Guinea
*** Episcopal Conference of Guinea
** Hinduism in Guinea
** Islam in Guinea
* Scouting and Guiding in Guinea
* World Heritage Sites in Guinea

### Art in Guinea

* Cinema of Guinea
** List of Guinean films
* Literature of Guinea
** List of Guinean writers
* Music of Guinea

### Sports in Guinea

Sports in Guinea
* Football in Guinea
** Football clubs in Guinea
* Guinea at the Olympics
* List of Guinean records in athletics
* Guinea national basketball team

## Economy and infrastructure of Guinea

Economy of Guinea
* Economic rank, by nominal GDP (2007): 138th (one hundred and thirty eighth)
* Agriculture in Guinea
* Banking in Guinea
** Banks in Guinea
*** Central Bank of the Republic of Guinea – located in Conakry
* Communications in Guinea
** Postage stamps and postal history of Guinea
** Telecommunications in Guinea
*** Internet in Guinea
*** Telephone numbers in Guinea
* Companies of Guinea
** Supermarket chains in Guinea
* Currency of Guinea: Franc
** ISO 4217: GNF
* Energy in Guinea
** Power stations in Guinea
* Health care in Guinea
* Mining in Guinea
* Trade unions in Guinea
* Transport in Guinea
** Airports in Guinea
** Rail transport in Guinea
*** Railway stations in Guinea

## Education in Guinea

Education in Guinea
* National Library of Guinea
* Schools in Guinea
* Universities in Guinea

## Health in Guinea

Health in Guinea
* HIV/AIDS in Guinea