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Fun fact 1 about Guinea

President Ahmed Sékou Touré was supported by Communist states and, in 1961, visited Yugoslavia.
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Guinea is named after the Guinea region, which lies along the Gulf of Guinea.

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Guinea

Population
15.1M
Area
245,857 km²
Capital
Conakry
Continent
Africa
75th most populous country in the world

Guinea, officially the Republic of Guinea, is a coastal country in West Africa. It borders the Atlantic Ocean to the west, Guinea-Bissau to the northwest, Senegal to the north, Mali to the northeast, Ivory Coast to the southeast, and Sierra Leone and Liberia to the south.

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