Guinea-Bissau
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Codes and identifiers
- ISO alpha-2
- GW
- ISO alpha-3
- GNB
- ISO numeric
- 624
- FIPS 10-4
- PU
- GeoNames ID
- 2372248
Key facts
- Capital
- Bissau
- Area
- 36,120 km²
- Population
- 1,874,309
- Currency
- Franc (XOF)
- Calling code
- +245
- Top-level domain
- .gw
- Official languages
- pt-GW,pov
Continent
- Name
- Africa
- Code
- AF
- In this dataset
- 58 countries
Location
- Latitude
- 12
- Longitude
- -15
- Min latitude
- 10.92763906500005
- Min longitude
- -16.728436776914492
- Max latitude
- 12.679433900000063
- Max longitude
- -13.660711832999937
Boundary
The API call behind this page
Request
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" \
"https://geosearch.dev/v1/countries/GW?fields=iso_code,iso3_code,name,capital,population,area_sq_km,currency_code,continent_code"Response
{
"data": {
"area_sq_km": 36120,
"capital": "Bissau",
"continent_code": "AF",
"currency_code": "XOF",
"iso3_code": "GNB",
"iso_code": "GW",
"name": "Guinea-Bissau",
"population": 1874309
}
}Formatted for reading. The API returns the same JSON on one line.
Other endpoints for this country
/v1/countries/GW/regions/v1/cities?country=GW/v1/postal-codes?country=GW/v1/timezones?country=GW
Name in other languages
- Arabic
- غينيا بيساو
- Chinese
- 几内亚比绍
- English
- Guinea-Bissau
- French
- Guinée-Bissau
- German
- Guinea-Bissau
- Hindi
- गिनी-बिसाऊ
- Italian
- Guinea-Bissau
- Japanese
- ギニアビサウ
- Korean
- 기니비사우
- Portuguese
- Guiné-Bissau
- Russian
- Гвинея-Бисау
- Spanish
- Guinea-Bissáu
- Total language variants
- 138
The API returns any of them with ?lang=.
Time zones
| IANA ID | UTC offset | DST offset |
|---|---|---|
| Africa/Bissau | UTC+00:00 | UTC+00:00 |
Postal code format
- Format
- ####
- Pattern
^(\d{4})$
First-level administrative regions
- Bissau Region
- Oio Region
- Bafatá
- Gabú
- Cacheu Region
- Tombali
- Biombo
- Quinara
- Bolama
9 of 9 shown, largest first
Largest cities
| City | Population |
|---|---|
| Bissau | 439,704 |
| Bairro Militar | 65,274 |
| Gabú | 49,371 |
| Contumo | 45,482 |
| Reino de Bandim | 44,718 |
| Missira | 38,838 |
| Bafatá | 33,502 |
| Reino de Antula | 30,778 |
| Quelele | 28,898 |
| Plaque | 27,633 |
Coverage in this dataset
- Cities
- 4,304
- First-level regions
- 9
- Postal codes
- 0
- Name languages
- 138
- Boundary polygon
- Yes
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