République de Guinée
Republic of Guinea
Flag Coat of arms

Motto: "Travail, Justice, Solidarité"  (French)
"Work, Justice, Solidarity"

Anthem: Liberté  (French)
"Freedom"

Location of Guinea
Capital
(and largest city)		 Conakry
9°31′N, 13°42′W
Official languages French
Demonym Guinean
Government Republic
 -  President Lansana Conté
 -  Prime Minister Ahmed Tidiane Souaré
Independence from France
 -  Declared 2 October 1958 
Area
 -  Total 245,857 km² (78th)
94,926 sq mi 
 -  Water (%) negligible
Population
 -  July 2005 estimate 9,402,000 (83rd)
 -  1996 census 7,156,406 
 -  Density 38/km² (164th)
98/sq mi
GDP (PPP) 2005 estimate
 -  Total $18.879 billion (111th)
 -  Per capita $2,035 (142nd)
Gini (1994) 40.3 (medium) 
HDI (2007) ▲ 0.456 (low) (160th)
Currency Guinean franc (GNF)
Time zone GMT
Internet TLD .gn
Calling code +224

Guinea, officially Republic of Guinea (pronounced /ˈgɪni/, French: République de Guinée), is a country in West Africa, 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).