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World Gazetteer Results for Canchungo:
NameCanchungo
Alternate NamesCantchungo
Geographical TypeLocality
Population6853
Latitude
Longitude
CountryGuinea-Bissau
Administrative DivisionCacheu
3rd Administrative DivisionCalvados
Dictionary Results for Guinea-Bissau:
1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
Guinea-Bissau
    n 1: a republic on the northwestern coast of Africa; recognized
         as independent by Portugal in 1974 [syn: Guinea-Bissau,
         Republic of Guinea-Bissau, Guine-Bissau, Portuguese
         Guinea]

2. CIA World Factbook 2002
Guinea-Bissau

   Introduction Guinea-Bissau
   --------------------------
                            Background: In 1994, 20 years after independence
                                        from Portugal, the country's first
                                        multiparty legislative and
                                        presidential elections were held. An
                                        army uprising that triggered a
                                        bloody civil war in 1998, created
                                        hundreds of thousands of displaced
                                        persons. The president was ousted by
                                        a military junta in May 1999. An
                                        interim government turned over power
                                        in February 2000 when opposition
                                        leader Kumba YALA took office
                                        following two rounds of transparent
                                        presidential elections. Guinea-
                                        Bissau's transition back to
                                        democracy will be complicated by its
                                        crippled economy devastated in the
                                        civil war.
  
   Geography Guinea-Bissau
   -----------------------
                              Location: Western Africa, bordering the North
                                        Atlantic Ocean, between Guinea and
                                        Senegal
                Geographic coordinates: 12 00 N, 15 00 W
                        Map references: Africa
                                  Area: total: 36,120 sq km
                                        water: 8,120 sq km
                                        land: 28,000 sq km
                    Area - comparative: slightly less than three times the
                                        size of Connecticut
                       Land boundaries: total: 724 km
                                        border countries: Guinea 386 km,
                                        Senegal 338 km
                             Coastline: 350 km
                       Maritime claims: exclusive economic zone: 200 NM
                                        territorial sea: 12 NM
                               Climate: tropical; generally hot and humid;
                                        monsoonal-type rainy season (June to
                                        November) with southwesterly winds;
                                        dry season (December to May) with
                                        northeasterly harmattan winds
                               Terrain: mostly low coastal plain rising to
                                        savanna in east
                    Elevation extremes: lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
                                        highest point: unnamed location in
                                        the northeast corner of the country
                                        300 m
                     Natural resources: fish, timber, phosphates, bauxite,
                                        unexploited deposits of petroleum
                              Land use: arable land: 10.67%
                                        permanent crops: 1.78%
                                        other: 87.55% (1998 est.)
                        Irrigated land: 170 sq km (1998 est.)
                       Natural hazards: hot, dry, dusty harmattan haze may
                                        reduce visibility during dry season;
                                        brush fires
          Environment - current issues: deforestation; soil erosion;
                                        overgrazing; overfishing
            Environment - international party to: Biodiversity, Climate
                            agreements: Change, Desertification, Endangered
                                        Species, Law of the Sea, Wetlands
                                        signed, but not ratified: none of
                                        the selected agreements
                      Geography - note: this small country is swampy along
                                        its western coast and low-lying
                                        further inland
  
   People Guinea-Bissau
   --------------------
                            Population: 1,345,479 (July 2002 est.)
                         Age structure: 0-14 years: 41.9% (male 281,394;
                                        female 282,641)
                                        15-64 years: 55.2% (male 353,755;
                                        female 388,968)
                                        65 years and over: 2.9% (male
                                        17,130; female 21,591) (2002 est.)
                Population growth rate: 2.23% (2002 est.)
                            Birth rate: 38.95 births/1,000 population (2002
                                        est.)
                            Death rate: 15.05 deaths/1,000 population (2002
                                        est.)
                    Net migration rate: -1.62 migrant(s)/1,000 population
                                        (2002 est.)
                             Sex ratio: at birth: 1.03 male(s)/female
                                        under 15 years: 1 male(s)/female
                                        15-64 years: 0.91 male(s)/female
                                        65 years and over: 0.79 male(s)/
                                        female
                                        total population: 0.94 male(s)/
                                        female (2002 est.)
                 Infant mortality rate: 108.54 deaths/1,000 live births
                                        (2002 est.)
              Life expectancy at birth: total population: 49.8 years
                                        female: 52.2 years (2002 est.)
                                        male: 47.47 years
                  Total fertility rate: 5.13 children born/woman (2002 est.)
      HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: 2.5% (1999 est.)
     HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/ 14,000 (1999 est.)
                                  AIDS:
                     HIV/AIDS - deaths: 1,300 (1999 est.)
                           Nationality: noun: Guinean (s)
                                        adjective: Guinean
                         Ethnic groups: African 99% (Balanta 30%, Fula 20%,
                                        Manjaca 14%, Mandinga 13%, Papel
                                        7%), European and mulatto less than
                                        1%
                             Religions: indigenous beliefs 50%, Muslim 45%,
                                        Christian 5%
                             Languages: Portuguese (official), Crioulo,
                                        African languages
                              Literacy: definition: age 15 and over can read
                                        and write
                                        total population: 34%
                                        male: 50%
                                        female: 18% (2000 est.)
  
   Government Guinea-Bissau
   ------------------------
                          Country name: conventional long form: Republic of
                                        Guinea-Bissau
                                        conventional short form: Guinea-
                                        Bissau
                                        local short form: Guine-Bissau
                                        local long form: Republica da Guine-
                                        Bissau
                                        former: Portuguese Guinea
                       Government type: republic, multiparty since mid-1991
                               Capital: Bissau
              Administrative divisions: 9 regions (regioes, singular -
                                        regiao); Bafata, Biombo, Bissau,
                                        Bolama, Cacheu, Gabu, Oio, Quinara,
                                        Tombali; note - Bolama may have been
                                        renamed Bolama/Bijagos
                          Independence: 24 September 1973 (unilaterally
                                        declared by Guinea-Bissau); 10
                                        September 1974 (recognized by
                                        Portugal)
                      National holiday: Independence Day, 24 September
                                        (1973)
                          Constitution: 16 May 1984, amended 4 May 1991, 4
                                        December 1991, 26 February 1993, 9
                                        June 1993, and 1996
                          Legal system: NA
                              Suffrage: 18 years of age; universal
                      Executive branch: chief of state: President Kumba YALA
                                        (since 18 February 2000)
                                        elections: president elected by
                                        popular vote for a five-year term;
                                        election last held 28 November 1999
                                        and 16 January 2000 (next to be held
                                        NA 2004); prime minister appointed
                                        by the president after consultation
                                        with party leaders in the
                                        legislature
                                        election results: Kumba YALA elected
                                        president; percent of vote, second
                                        ballot - Kumba YALA (PRS) 72%, Malan
                                        Bacai SANHA (PAIGC) 28%
                                        cabinet: NA
                                        head of government: Prime Minister
                                        Alamara Intchia NHASSE (since 7
                                        December 2001)
                    Legislative branch: unicameral National People's
                                        Assembly or Assembleia Nacional
                                        Popular (100 seats; members are
                                        elected by popular vote to serve a
                                        maximum of four years)
                                        elections: last held 28 November
                                        1999 (next to be held NA 2003)
                                        election results: percent of vote by
                                        party - NA%; seats by party - PRS
                                        37, RGB 27, PAIGC 25, 11 remaining
                                        seats went to 5 of the remaining 10
                                        parties that fielded candidates
                       Judicial branch: Supreme Court or Supremo Tribunal da
                                        Justica (consists of nine justices
                                        who are appointed by the president
                                        and serve at his pleasure; final
                                        court of appeals in criminal and
                                        civil cases); Regional Courts (one
                                        in each of nine regions; first court
                                        of appeals for Sectoral Court
                                        decisions; hear all felony cases and
                                        civil cases valued at over $1,000);
                                        24 Sectoral Courts (judges are not
                                        necessarily trained lawyers; they
                                        hear civil cases under $1,000 and
                                        misdemeanor criminal cases)
         Political parties and leaders: African Party for the Independence
                                        of Guinea-Bissau and Cape Verde or
                                        PAIGC [Francisco BENANTE]; Front for
                                        the Liberation and Independence of
                                        Guinea or FLING [Francois MENDY];
                                        Guinea-Bissau Resistance-Ba Fata
                                        Movement or RGB-MB [Helder Vaz
                                        LOPES]; Guinean Civic Forum or FCG
                                        [Antonieta Rosa GOMES];
                                        International League for Ecological
                                        Protection or LIPE [Alhaje Bubacar
                                        DJALO, president]; National Union
                                        for Democracy and Progress or UNDP
                                        [Abubacer BALDE, secretary general];
                                        Party for Democratic Convergence or
                                        PCD [Victor MANDINGA]; Social
                                        Renovation Party or PRS [Kumba
                                        YALA]; Union for Change or UM [Jorge
                                        MANDINGA, president, Dr. Anne SAAD,
                                        secretary general]; United Social
                                        Democratic Party or PUSD [Victor
                                        Sau'de MARIA]
          Political pressure groups and NA
                               leaders:
             International organization ACCT, ACP, AfDB, ECA, ECOWAS, FAO,
                         participation: FZ, G-77, IBRD, ICAO, ICFTU, ICRM,
                                        IDA, IDB, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO,
                                        IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, ITU,
                                        NAM, OAU, OIC, OPCW (signatory), UN,
                                        UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UPU, WADB
                                        (regional), WAEMU, WFTU, WHO, WIPO,
                                        WMO, WToO, WTrO
   Diplomatic representation in the US: chief of mission: Ambassador
                                        (vacant); Charge d'Affaires Henrique
                                        Adriano DA SILVA
                                        chancery: c/o P. O. Box 33813,
                                        Washington, DC 20033-3813
                                        telephone: [1] (301) 947-3958
                                        FAX: [1] (391) 947-3958
     Diplomatic representation from the the US Embassy suspended operations
                                    US: on 14 June 1998 in the midst of
                                        violent conflict between forces
                                        loyal to then President VIEIRA and
                                        military-led junta; for the time
                                        being, US embassy Dakar is
                                        responsible for covering Guinea-
                                        Bissau: [221] 823-4296
                      Flag description: two equal horizontal bands of yellow
                                        (top) and green with a vertical red
                                        band on the hoist side; there is a
                                        black five-pointed star centered in
                                        the red band; uses the popular pan-
                                        African colors of Ethiopia
  
   Economy Guinea-Bissau
   ---------------------
                    Economy - overview: One of the 10 poorest countries in
                                        the world, Guinea-Bissau depends
                                        mainly on farming and fishing.
                                        Cashew crops have increased
                                        remarkably in recent years, and the
                                        country now ranks sixth in cashew
                                        production. Guinea-Bissau exports
                                        fish and seafood along with small
                                        amounts of peanuts, palm kernels,
                                        and timber. Rice is the major crop
                                        and staple food. However,
                                        intermittent fighting between
                                        Senegalese-backed government troops
                                        and a military junta destroyed much
                                        of the country's infrastructure and
                                        caused widespread damage to the
                                        economy in 1998; the civil war led
                                        to a 28% drop in GDP that year, with
                                        partial recovery in 1999-2001.
                                        Before the war, trade reform and
                                        price liberalization were the most
                                        successful part of the country's
                                        structural adjustment program under
                                        IMF sponsorship. The tightening of
                                        monetary policy and the development
                                        of the private sector had also begun
                                        to reinvigorate the economy. Because
                                        of high costs, the development of
                                        petroleum, phosphate, and other
                                        mineral resources is not a near-term
                                        prospect. However, unexploited
                                        offshore oil reserves could provide
                                        much-needed revenue in the long run.
                                        The inequality of income
                                        distribution is one of the most
                                        extreme in the world. The government
                                        and international donors continue to
                                        work out plans to forward economic
                                        development.
                                   GDP: purchasing power parity - $1.2
                                        billion (2001 est.)
                GDP - real growth rate: 7.2% (2001 est.)
                      GDP - per capita: purchasing power parity - $900 (2001
                                        est.)
           GDP - composition by sector: agriculture: 54%
                                        industry: 15%
                                        services: 31% (1997 est.)
         Population below poverty line: NA%
     Household income or consumption by lowest 10%: 0.5%
                      percentage share: highest 10%: 42.4% (1991)
      Inflation rate (consumer prices): 5% (2001 est.)
                           Labor force: 480,000
           Labor force - by occupation: agriculture 82% (2000 est.)
                     Unemployment rate: NA%
                                Budget: revenues: $NA
                                        expenditures: $NA, including capital
                                        expenditures of $NA
                            Industries: agricultural products processing,
                                        beer, soft drinks
     Industrial production growth rate: 2.6% (1997 est.)
              Electricity - production: 60 million kWh (2000)
    Electricity - production by source: fossil fuel: 100%
                                        hydro: 0%
                                        other: 0% (2000)
                                        nuclear: 0%
             Electricity - consumption: 55.8 million kWh (2000)
                 Electricity - exports: 0 kWh (2000)
                 Electricity - imports: 0 kWh (2000)
                Agriculture - products: rice, corn, beans, cassava
                                        (tapioca), cashew nuts, peanuts,
                                        palm kernels, cotton; timber; fish
                               Exports: $80 million (f.o.b., 2000 est.)
                 Exports - commodities: cashew nuts 70%, shrimp, peanuts,
                                        palm kernels, sawn lumber
                    Exports - partners: India 51.4%, Italy 2.7%, South Korea
                                        2.0%, Belgium 2.0% (2000)
                               Imports: $55.2 million (f.o.b., 2000 est.)
                 Imports - commodities: foodstuffs, machinery and transport
                                        equipment, petroleum products
                    Imports - partners: Portugal 30%, Senegal 14.6%,
                                        Thailand 8.5%, China 5.7% (2000)
                       Debt - external: $931 million (1999 est.)
              Economic aid - recipient: $115.4 million (1995)
                              Currency: Communaute Financiere Africaine
                                        franc (XOF); note - responsible
                                        authority is the Central Bank of the
                                        West African States; previously the
                                        Guinea-Bissau peso (GWP) was used
                         Currency code: XOF; GWP
                        Exchange rates: Communaute Financiere Africaine
                                        francs (XOF) per US dollar - 742.79
                                        (January 2002), 733.04 (2001),
                                        711.98 (2000), 615.70 (1999), 589.95
                                        (1998), 583.67 (1997)
                                        note: as of 1 May 1997, Guinea-
                                        Bissau adopted the XOF franc as the
                                        national currency; since 1 January
                                        1999, the XOF franc is pegged to the
                                        euro at a rate of 655.957 XOF francs
                                        per euro
                           Fiscal year: calendar year
  
   Communications Guinea-Bissau
   ----------------------------
         Telephones - main lines in use: 10,000 (2001)
           Telephones - mobile cellular: NA
                       Telephone system: general assessment: small system
                                         domestic: combination of microwave
                                         radio relay, open-wire lines,
                                         radiotelephone, and cellular
                                         communications
                                         international: NA
               Radio broadcast stations: AM 1 (transmitter out of service),
                                         FM 4, shortwave 0 (2002)
                                 Radios: 49,000 (1997)
          Television broadcast stations: NA (1997)
                            Televisions: NA
                  Internet country code: .gw
      Internet Service Providers (ISPs): 2 (2002)
                         Internet users: 1,500 (1999)
  
   Transportation Guinea-Bissau
   ----------------------------
                                 Railways: 0 km
                                 Highways: total: 4,400 km
                                           paved: 453 km
                                           unpaved: 3,947 km (1996)
                                Waterways: several rivers are accessible to
                                           coastal shipping
                        Ports and harbors: Bissau, Buba, Cacheu, Farim
                          Merchant marine: none (2002 est.)
                                 Airports: 28 (2001)
            Airports - with paved runways: total: 3
                                           over 3,047 m: 1
                                           1,524 to 2,437 m: 1
                                           914 to 1,523 m: 1 (2001)
          Airports - with unpaved runways: total: 25
                                           1,524 to 2,437 m: 1
                                           914 to 1,523 m: 4
                                           under 914 m: 20 (2001)
  
   Military Guinea-Bissau
   ----------------------
                     Military branches: People's Revolutionary Armed Force
                                        (FARP; includes Army, Navy, and Air
                                        Force), paramilitary force
      Military manpower - availability: males age 15-49: 313,573 (2002 est.)
   Military manpower - fit for military males age 15-49: 178,404 (2002 est.)
                               service:
         Military expenditures - dollar $5.6 million (FY01)
                                figure:
     Military expenditures - percent of 2.8% (FY01)
                                   GDP:
  
   Transnational Issues Guinea-Bissau
   ----------------------------------
              Disputes - international: Senegalese separatists disrupt legal
                                        border trade with smuggling, cattle
                                        rustling, and other illegal
                                        activities
  
                                       



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