Editing Guinea (section)

== Geography ==
{{Main|Geography of Guinea}}
[[File:Un-guinea.png|thumb|upright=2.5|center|A map showing [[List of cities in Guinea|Guinea's cities]] and [[Administrative divisions of Guinea|administrative divisions]]]]

Guinea shares a border with [[Guinea-Bissau]] to [[Guinea–Guinea-Bissau border|the northwest]], [[Senegal]] to [[Guinea–Senegal border|the north]], [[Mali]] to [[Guinea–Mali border|the northeast]], [[Ivory Coast]] to [[Guinea–Ivory Coast border|the east]], [[Sierra Leone]] to [[Guinea–Sierra Leone border|the southwest]] and [[Liberia]] to [[Guinea–Liberia border|the south]]. The nation forms a crescent as it curves from its southeast region to the north and west, to its northwest border with [[Guinea-Bissau]] and southwestern coast on the Atlantic Ocean. The sources of the [[Niger River]], the [[Gambia River]], and the [[Senegal River]] are all found in the [[Guinea Highlands]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.fao.org/docrep/W4347E/w4347e0h.htm |title=The Senegal River basin |website=Fao.org |access-date=23 July 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121019075901/http://www.fao.org/docrep/W4347E/w4347e0h.htm |archive-date=19 October 2012 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.fao.org/docrep/W4347E/w4347e0i.htm |title=The Niger River basin |website=Fao.org |access-date=23 July 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170721033139/http://www.fao.org/docrep/w4347e/w4347e0i.htm |archive-date=21 July 2017 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.fao.org/docrep/W4347E/w4347e0t.htm |title=The West Coast |website=Fao.org |access-date=23 July 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121011063822/http://www.fao.org/docrep/W4347E/w4347e0t.htm |archive-date=11 October 2012 |url-status=live }}</ref> At {{convert|245857|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}, Guinea is roughly the size of the United Kingdom. There are {{convert|320|km|mi|abbr=on}} of coastline and a total land border of {{convert|3400|km|mi|abbr=on}}. It lies mostly between latitudes [[7th parallel north|7°]] and [[13th parallel north|13°N]], and longitudes [[7th meridian west|7°]] and [[15th meridian west|15°W]], with a smaller area that is west of 15°.

[[File:Koppen-Geiger Map GIN present.svg|thumb|upright=1|[[Köppen climate classification]] of Guinea]]
Guinea is divided into 4 regions: [[Maritime Guinea]], also known as Lower Guinea or the Basse-Coté lowlands, populated mainly by the [[Susu people|Susu]] ethnic group; the cooler, more mountainous [[Fouta Djallon]] that run roughly north–south through the middle of the country, populated by Fulas; the Sahelian Haute-Guinea to the northeast, populated by [[Mandinka people|Malinké]]; and the forested jungle regions in the southeast, with several ethnic groups. Guinea's mountains are the source for the Niger, the Gambia, and Senegal Rivers, and rivers flowing to the sea on the west side of the range in Sierra Leone and Ivory Coast. The highest point in Guinea is [[Mount Nimba]] at {{convert|1752|m|ft|abbr=on}}. While the Guinean and Ivorian sides of the [[Nimba Massif]] are a [[UNESCO]] [[Strict Nature Reserve]], the portion of the so-called Guinean Backbone continues into [[Liberia]], where it has been mined for decades; the damage is evident in the [[Nzérékoré Region]] at {{Coord|7|32|17|N|8|29|50|W|region:GN_type:landmark}}.

Guinea is home to 5 ecoregions: [[Guinean montane forests]], [[Western Guinean lowland forests]], [[Guinean forest-savanna mosaic]], [[West Sudanian savanna]], and [[Guinean mangroves]].<ref name="DinersteinOlson2017">{{cite journal|last1=Dinerstein|first1=Eric|last2=Olson|first2=David|last3=Joshi|first3=Anup|last4=Vynne|first4=Carly|last5=Burgess|first5=Neil D.|last6=Wikramanayake|first6=Eric|last7=Hahn|first7=Nathan|last8=Palminteri|first8=Suzanne|last9=Hedao|first9=Prashant|last10=Noss|first10=Reed|last11=Hansen|first11=Matt|last12=Locke|first12=Harvey|last13=Ellis|first13=Erle C|last14=Jones|first14=Benjamin|last15=Barber|first15=Charles Victor|last16=Hayes|first16=Randy|last17=Kormos|first17=Cyril|last18=Martin|first18=Vance|last19=Crist|first19=Eileen|last20=Sechrest|first20=Wes|last21=Price|first21=Lori|last22=Baillie|first22=Jonathan E. M.|last23=Weeden|first23=Don|last24=Suckling|first24=Kierán|last25=Davis|first25=Crystal|last26=Sizer|first26=Nigel|last27=Moore|first27=Rebecca|last28=Thau|first28=David|last29=Birch|first29=Tanya|last30=Potapov|first30=Peter|last31=Turubanova|first31=Svetlana|last32=Tyukavina|first32=Alexandra|last33=de Souza|first33=Nadia|last34=Pintea|first34=Lilian|last35=Brito|first35=José C.|last36=Llewellyn|first36=Othman A.|last37=Miller|first37=Anthony G.|last38=Patzelt|first38=Annette|last39=Ghazanfar|first39=Shahina A.|last40=Timberlake|first40=Jonathan|last41=Klöser|first41=Heinz|last42=Shennan-Farpón|first42=Yara|last43=Kindt|first43=Roeland|last44=Lillesø|first44=Jens-Peter Barnekow|last45=van Breugel|first45=Paulo|last46=Graudal|first46=Lars|last47=Voge|first47=Maianna|last48=Al-Shammari|first48=Khalaf F.|last49=Saleem|first49=Muhammad|title=An Ecoregion-Based Approach to Protecting Half the Terrestrial Realm|journal=BioScience|volume=67|issue=6|year=2017|pages=534–545|issn=0006-3568|doi=10.1093/biosci/bix014|pmid=28608869|pmc=5451287|doi-access=free}}</ref> 

=== Wildlife ===
{{Main|Wildlife of Guinea|Wildlife of Guinea=}}
[[File:Parc national Badiar.jpg|upright=1.15|thumb|[[Badiar National Park]]]]
The southern part of Guinea lies within the [[Guinean Forests of West Africa]] [[Biodiversity hotspot]], while the north-east is characterized by dry savanna woodlands. Declining populations of some animals are restricted to uninhabited distant parts of parks and reserves.

Species found in Guinea include the following:
* Amphibians : ''[[Hemisus guineensis]]'', ''[[Phrynobatrachus guineensis]]''
* Reptiles : ''[[Acanthodactylus]] guineensis'', ''[[Mochlus]] guineensis''
* Arachnids: ''[[Malloneta guineensis]]'', ''[[Dictyna]] guineensis''
* Insects : ''[[Zorotypus]] guineensis'', ''[[Euchromia guineensis]]''
* Birds: ''[[Melaniparus guineensis]]''

=== Regions and prefectures ===
{{Main|Administrative divisions of Guinea}}

[[File:Guinea Regions.png|thumb|upright=1.6|[[Regions of Guinea]]]]

The Republic of Guinea covers {{convert|245857|km2|sqmi|0}} of West Africa, about [[10th parallel north|10 degrees north]] of the equator. It is divided into 4 natural regions:

* [[Maritime Guinea]] (''La Guinée Maritime'') covers 18% of the country.
* [[Middle Guinea]] (''La Moyenne-Guinée'') covers 20% of the country.
* [[Upper Guinea]] (''La Haute-Guinée'') covers 38% of the country.
* [[Guinée forestière|Forested Guinea]] (''Guinée forestière'') covers 23% of the country, and is both forested and mountainous.
[[File:Fouta Djallon (14582291826).jpg|thumb|upright=1.15|[[Fouta Djallon]] highlands in central Guinea]]
Guinea is divided into eight [[Regions of Guinea|administrative regions]] which are subdivided into 33 [[Prefectures of Guinea|prefectures]]. The capital [[Conakry]] with a population of 1,675,069 ranks as a special zone.
{|class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!Region!!Capital!!Population <br /> (2014 census by National Institute of Statistics)
|-
|[[Conakry Region]] ||[[Conakry]]||1,675,069
|-
|[[Nzérékoré Region]] ||[[Nzérékoré]]||1,591,716
|-
|[[Kindia Region]] ||[[Kindia]]||1,573,690
|-
|[[Boké Region]] ||[[Boké]]||1,092,291
|-
|[[Labé Region]] ||[[Labé]]||1,001,392
|-
|[[Mamou Region]] ||[[Mamou]]||737,062
|-
|[[Kankan Region]] ||[[Kankan]]||1,979,038
|-
|[[Faranah Region]]||[[Faranah]]||949,589
|}