The 2003 CIA World Factbook. United States. Central Intelligence Agency

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СКАЧАТЬ 5.07 children born/woman (2003 est.)

      HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:

       2.8% (2001 est.)

      HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:

       17,000 (2001 est.)

      HIV/AIDS - deaths:

       1,200 (2001 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: 42.4%

       male: 58.1%

       female: 27.4% (2003 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 Henrique ROSA (interim; since 28

       September 2003); note - a September 2003 coup overthrough the

       elected government of Kumba YALA; General Verissimo Correia SEABRA

       served as interim president from 14 to 28 September 2003

       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

       note: a bloodless coup led to the dissolution of the elected

       government of Kumba YALA in September 2003; General Verissimo

       Correia SEABRA served as interim president from 14 September 2003

       until stepping aside on 28 September 2003 with the establishment of

       a caretaker government

       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 Artur SANHA (since 28 September

       2003)

      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); note - President YALA dissolved the National

       People's Assembly in November 2002, elections for a new legislature

       were scheduled to fall in February 2003 but were then postponed to

       April, then July, and were last scheduled to occur in September 2003

       elections: last held 28 November 1999 (next to be held NA September

       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

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