Guinea-Bissau

Native Name: Guiné-Bissau

Region: Africa

Capital: Bissau

Currencies: West African CFA franc (Fr)

Population: 1,967,998

Sub Region: Western Africa

Top Level Domain: .gw

Languages: Portuguese, Upper Guinea Creole

Border Countries:

Guinea

Senegal

The flag of Guinea-Bissau features a red vertical band on its hoist side that takes up about two-fifth the width of the field, and two equal horizontal bands of yellow and green adjoining the vertical band. A five-pointed black star is centered in the vertical band.