• Lone hiker, having rest, in cool green highlands of Fouta Djalon Plateau

    Lone hiker, having rest, in cool green highlands of Fouta Djalon Plateau

  • Man sitting on decorated stool, making more decorated stools, near Mamou

    Man sitting on decorated stool, making more decorated stools, near Mamou

Guinea: Overview

In Guinea you can trek through beautiful highland scenery and track wildlife in the jungles of the southeast. But the country still reels from a regime that turned its back on liberté, égalité and fraternité and embraced Maoist ideology in the 1950s.

FAST FACTS

Full name

Republic of Guinea

Currency

Guinea Franc, GNF (GFr)

Population

9730220

Languages

  • Susu (other)
  • Fula (other)
  • French (official)

Time zone(s)

  • GMT/UTC: 0

Voltage

220V

Hertz

50Hz

Plugs

  • European plug with two circular metal pins

    European plug with two circular metal pins

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