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Guinea Department of State Background

U.S. Department of State Background Note Guinea Index: Geography People History Government and Political Conditions Economy Defense Foreign Relations U.S.-Guinean Relations GEOGRAPHYGuinea is…

Senegal, river, Africa

(Encyclopedia) SenegalSenegalsĕnĭgôlˈ, sĕnˈĭgôl [key], river, c.1,000 mi (1,610 km) long, formed in SW Mali, W Africa, by the confluence of the Bafing and Bakoy rivers, both of which rise in the…

Admiralty Islands

(Encyclopedia) Admiralty Islands, group of 40 volcanic islands, c.800 sq mi (2,070 sq km), SW Pacific, in the Bismarck Archipelago and part of Papua New Guinea. Lorengau, the chief port and…

Badagri

(Encyclopedia) BadagriBadagribädäˈgrē [key], town, SW Nigeria, on a lagoon off the Gulf of Guinea. Badagri was founded c.1730 and became an important shipping point for slaves. In the 1840s it became…

Vitu Islands

(Encyclopedia) Vitu IslandsVitu Islandsvēˈt&oomacr; [key], volcanic group, 37 sq mi (96 sq km), in the Bismarck Archipelago, part of Papua New Guinea. Garove and Unea are the largest islands. The…

Casamance

(Encyclopedia) CasamanceCasamancekăzˈəmäns [key], river, c.200 mi (320 km) long, W Africa. It rises in S Senegal and flows westward, emptying in the Atlantic Ocean. The virtually unnavigable river…

Guinea-Bissau

(Encyclopedia) CE5 Guinea-BissauGuinea-Bissaugĭnˈē- [key]Guinea-Bissaubĭsˌsouˈ [key], officially Republic of Guinea-Bissau, republic (2015 est. pop. 1,771,000), 13,948 sq mi (36,125 sq km), W…

Guinea, Gulf of

(Encyclopedia) Guinea, Gulf ofGuinea, Gulf ofgĭnˈē [key], large open arm of the Atlantic Ocean formed by the great bend of the coast of W Africa. It extends from the western coast of Côte d'Ivoire to…

Jaya Peak

(Encyclopedia) Jaya or Djaja PeakJaya or Djaja Peakboth: jäˈyə [key], highest mountain peak on Mt. Jayawijaya, in the Sudirman Mts., Papua prov., Indonesia, on W New Guinea, rising to 16,503 ft (5,…

D'Entrecasteaux Islands

(Encyclopedia) D'Entrecasteaux IslandsD'Entrecasteaux IslandsdäNtrəkästōˈ [key], volcanic group, SW Pacific, SE of New Guinea, part of Papua New Guinea. Comprising the Fergusson, Goodenough, and…