Labels:text | screenshot | map | font | diagram OCR: GUINEA-BISSAU Official Name: Republic of Guinea-Bissau Capital: Bissau Population: 1 million Currency: Guinea peso Official Language: Portuguese LYING ON AFRICA'S WEST COAST, Guinea- Bissau is bordered by Senegal to the north and Guinea to the south and east. Apart from savanna highlands in the northeast, the S EN E G A country is low-lying. In 1974, it was the first Portuguese colony ATLAN to gain independence. The Farim ruling PAIGC initiated a process o Gamamudot of change to multiparty Canchungo. ,Mansoa Bafatá democracy in 1990, as a result UNI E A of which elections were held HO BISSAU in 1994. Guinea-Bissau is one of the world's poorest countries. T GU 0 Bafatá EAN
