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   Note: This section last updated 26th April 2021

In French and Fulah (Fuuta Jalon, Latin script):

   1 234,45

(where , indicates the decimal separator and a space the thousands separator)

In Kpelle:

   1,234.45

(where . indicates the decimal separator and , the thousands separator)

   Note: This section last updated 26th April 2021

In French and Fulah (Fuuta Jalon, Latin script):

   dd/mm/yyyy

   14:32   

In Kpelle:

   yyyy-mm-dd

   14:32  

The official languages are French and Fuuta Jalon with 2 550 000 speakers.

There are 28 other spoken languages in Guinea. Their geographical spread is complex. The most widely spoken are: Northern Kissi (286 500 speakers); Maninka (1 816 000 speakers); Susu (800 000 speakers); Toma (143 800 speakers) and Yalunka (146 800 speakers).

Some Guinean women hyphenate their maiden names and their husband’s family name after marriage.

   Tables of names can be acquired: given names , surnames/family names , family name prefixes , forms of address , job titles 

Any address written in a non-native language will be written in French. Deliveries are made only to post office boxes (Boîte Postale, or BP).

Though postal deliveries are only to mailing addresses, street addresses will be found for the use of couriers, visitors etc. As not all streets are named, these may often be descriptive and unstructured. In some districts of Conakry, roads are labelled with a two-letter code indicating the district, followed by a three-digit number, with odd numbers indicating streets travelling north to south and even numbers for streets travelling east to west. For example: KA002 for a north/south street in Kaloum. Address examples:

   A table containing information about the relevant position of elements within address blocks can be acquired 

This is written as Boîte Postale, or BP.

   Note: This section last updated 16th July 2020

Guinea introduced a three-digit postal code system in 2005, written at the start of the address line. The postal regions are:

   0 Conakry
   1 Basse-Guinée
   2 Moyenne-Guinée
   3 Haute-Guinée
   4 Guinée forestière

Somes sources include the post office box number as part of the postal code.

The postal code is rarely used.

   Metadata containing postal code formatting rules, exceptions and regular expressions can be acquired 

Guinea - Postal code format graphic

Guinea - Postal code format

Guinea - Postal code specifics

Guinea - Postal code regular expression

Guinea - Postal code level of coverage

Guinea - Postal code map

   Note: This section last updated 26th August 2014

Refer to Exonyms in Guinea for full lists of place names in Guinea in other languages.

   Alternate place name forms/postal code tables can be acquired at http:www.grcdi.nl/settlements.htm 

   Other language place name data can be acquired at http://www.grcdi.nl/otherlanguageplace.htm 

Guinea has 33 prefectures and 1 special zone (zone spécial, shown in the list below with an asterisk):

Prefecture/Special zone	Postal region
Beyla	4
Boffa	1
Boké	1
Conakry *	0
Coyah	1
Dabola	2
Dalaba	3
Dinguiraye	3
Dubreka	1
Faranah	3
Forécariah	1
Fria	1
Gaoual	2
Guéckédou	4
Kankan	3
Kérouané	3
Kindia	1
Kissidougou	4
Koubia	2
Koundara	2
Kouroussa	3
Labé	2
Lélouma	2
Lola	4
Macenta	4
Mali	2
Mamou	2
Mandiana	3
Nzérékoré	4
Pita	2
Siguiri	3
Télimélé	1
Tougue	2
Yomou	4

Administrative districts graphic

   Note: This section last updated 2nd June 2020

Guinean telephone numbers have no area codes. Subscriber numbers have 9 digits. Mobile numbers commence with a 2 or a 6.

   Tables of telephone number information/formats can be acquired – see http://www.grcdi.nl/telephone.htm