By: Melissa Vargas and Donna Tran

1. By: Donna Tran and Melissa Vargas

2. Location
Western Africa, North of the
Equator, bordering the North
Atlantic Ocean, between Guinea
and Senegal
12⁰ N/ 15⁰ W

3. Political Maps of Guinea-Bissau

4. Place
 Landforms: Bijagos Archipelago, flat
savannahs, and rain forests
 Bodies of water: Cacheu River and Geba
River
 Natural Resources: Fish/ Timber
 Language: Portuguese/ French
 Population: 1,596, 677 (of 2011)
 Life Expectancy: 48.6 years
 Type of Government: Democratic Republic,
multi-party since 1991

5. Elevation Map of Guinea-Bissau

6. Movement
 Exports: Fish, Shrimp, Cashew
 Imports: Food, Machinery, Transport
 Number of TV Stations: 3
 Number of Internet User: 38, 346
 Transportation: 9 airports, and two are paved
 Roadways: 2,146.83747 miles total
 Paved: 599.623201 miles
 Unpaved: 1795.76275 miles
 Railways: 1, but it doesn’t carry passengers. It only
transports resources from the ports to the mines and vice
versa.

7. Region
Western Africa region, near the
Atlantic Ocean
Climate Zone: Tropical Savannah
Average Temperatures: 79⁰ - 82⁰ F
Yearly Rainfall: Exceeds 78 in

8. Comparison of Regions
 Guinea- Bissau is in a tropical
savannah climate zone. New Jersey is
in a humid continental climate zone.
 In Guinea- Bissau, it rains most in July
and August, while in New Jersey, it
rains most in spring (April-May).

9. Guinea-Bissau’s Environmental
Problems
 Only sixty-one percent of the country’s water
sources have improved. So, that means that
Guinea-Bissau’s water isn’t all potable.
 Only twenty-one percent of the country’s
sanitation facility access have improved. So, that
means that the citizens can’t properly clean
themselves and they’re not able to always flush
their “waste” down a proper toilet.

10. Environmental Problems
Continued
 Between 1990 and 2010, Guinea-Bissau lost 8.8% of it’s
forests. That’s quite a lot of deforesting.

11. Solution
 Here is a link to Operation WellFound,
which is raising money to help Guinea-
Bissau with putting proper toilets and
capped wells with pumps for clean water in
the communities.