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Overview - Guinea-Bissau 
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- Capital:
- Bissau
- Area:
- 36,120 km²
- Population:
- 1,442,029 (2006 estimate)
- Language(s):
- Portuguese (official), Crioulo, African languages.
- Religion(s):
- Indigenous beliefs - 50%, Muslim - 45%, Christian - 5%.
- Ethnic Group(s):
- African (Balanta - 30%, Fula - 20%, Manjaca - 14%, Mandinga - 13%, Papel - 7%) - 99%, European and mulatto - 1%.
