Portuguese Guinea

Summary

Portuguese Guinea is a colony^[1]. It draws 358 Wikipedia views per month (colony category, ranking #53 of 146).^[2]

Key Facts

• Portuguese Guinea is in the country of Portuguese Empire^[3].
• Portuguese Guinea's instance of is recorded as colony^[4].
• Portuguese Guinea's instance of is recorded as overseas province of Portugal^[5].
• Portuguese Guinea's instance of is recorded as former administrative territorial entity^[6].
• Portuguese Guinea's capital is recorded as Bissau^[7].
• Portuguese Guinea's currency is recorded as Portuguese Guinean escudo^[8].
• Portuguese Guinea's flag image is recorded as Flag of Portugal (official).svg^[9].
• Portuguese Guinea's coat of arms image is recorded as Coat of arms of Portuguese Guinea (1935–1974, lesser).svg^[10].
• Portuguese Guinea's basic form of government is recorded as colony^[11].
• Portuguese Guinea's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 3174147312822837970009^[12].
• Portuguese Guinea's locator map image is recorded as LocationGuineaBissau.svg^[13].
• Portuguese Guinea's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n80061077^[14].
• Portuguese Guinea's part of is recorded as Portuguese colonization of Africa^[15].
• Portuguese Guinea's Commons category is recorded as Portuguese Guinea^[16].
• +1474-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Portuguese Guinea^[17].
• Portuguese Guinea was dissolved in +1974-09-10T00:00:00Z^[18].
• Portuguese Guinea's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 12.010492, 'lon': -15.084866}^[19].
• Portuguese Guinea's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/031mm_^[20].
• Portuguese Guinea's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Portuguese Guinea^[21].
• Portuguese Guinea's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[22].
• Portuguese Guinea's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition^[23].
• Portuguese Guinea's Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID is recorded as 6038173^[24].
• Portuguese Guinea's located in the present-day administrative territorial entity is recorded as Guinea-Bissau^[25].
• Portuguese Guinea's Online PWN Encyclopedia ID is recorded as 3909175^[26].
• Portuguese Guinea's PM20 geo code is recorded as C52^[27].

Body

Geography

Portuguese Guinea is in the country of Portuguese Empire^[3]. Its part of is recorded as Portuguese colonization of Africa^[15].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include colony^[4], overseas province of Portugal^[5], and former administrative territorial entity^[6].

History and Context

+1474-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Portuguese Guinea^[17].

Why It Matters

Portuguese Guinea draws 358 Wikipedia views per month (colony category, ranking #53 of 146).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]