============================== GUINEA ============================== Guinea, located on the coast at the "bulge" in Africa, is a lush, green, beautiful country with a tropical climate. Guinea has great agricultural potential, and many of the coastal swamps and forested plains have been cleared for the cultivation of rice, cassava, yams, maize and vegetables. Further inland, on the plateau of Fouta Djallon, dwarf cattle are raised, and in the valleys bananas and pineapples are grown. Coffee and kola nuts are important cash crops grown in the Guinea Highlands to the southwest. Area (Sq. Km.): 245,976 Population: 6,871,000 Capital: Conakry Language: French Religion: Moslem 85% Christian 10% Government Type: Republic Currency: Guinea franc Embassy: 51 rue de la Faisanderie, Paris 75016, France. +33-1-47048148 «»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«» Foreign Office Advice: Guinea has suffered an epidemic of cholera, although most confirmed cases have been confined to within the region of the capital, Conakry. For more information ring: Foreign Office Travel Unit 0171-270-4129