Guinea, officially the Republic of Guinea : République de Guinée), is a nation in, formerly known as French Guinea. Roughly a crooked finger pointing downward, the country could be said to begin at the Atlantic Ocean, travel inland and then south. Guinea's land borders Guinea-Bissau and Senegal to the north, Mali on the north and north-east. The inland tip of that south-pointing finger borders the Côte d'Ivoire on the south-east, Liberia on the south and Sierra Leone to the west of the finger's southern reach. Its territory encompasses the water source for the Niger, Senegal, and Gambia rivers, with a coastline facing the Atlantic Ocean. The name Guinea (geographically assigned to most of Africa's west coast, south of the Sahara desert and north of the Gulf of Guinea) originates from Berber and roughly translates into 'land of the blacks. Guinea also translates to "woman/wife" in Susu, one of the most spoken languages in the country. It is sometimes called Guinea-Conakry per its capital to differentiate it from the neighboring Guinea-Bissau (whose capital is Bissau).
Travel to Guinea -Why Not Consider It
Guinea's main attraction to tourists is its relatively undisturbed countryside. Its landscape varies from mountains to plains and from savannah to forest. Guinea has few sandy beaches, but a great deal of cultural, historical, topographic and environmental diversity that can hold the attention of the visitor. The capital, Conakry, is located on the island of Tumbo and connected to the Kaloum Peninsula by a 300m-long (984ft) pier. The city is well laid out and its alleys shaded by mangrove and coconut palm trees. One dish visitors are likely to be offered is hot maize soup, served from calabashes. Guinea is integrally involved in the history of West Africa from the time of the grassland empires, through the Atlantic slave trade, colonialism, the fight for modern statehood and its course as an independent state.
Source: www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guinea
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