Back غينيا البرتغالية Arabic پورتغال گینهسی AZB Партугальская Гвінея Byelorussian পর্তুগিজ গিনি Bengali/Bangla Guinea Portuguesa Catalan Portugalská Guinea Czech Portugala Gvineo Esperanto Guinea portuguesa Spanish Portugali Guinea Estonian Ginea Portugesa Basque
Overseas Province of Guinea Província Portuguesa de Guiné (Portuguese) | |||||||||
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| 1588–1974 | |||||||||
| Anthem: "Hymno Patriótico" (1808–26) Patriotic Anthem "Hino da Carta" (1826–1911) Hymn of the Charter "A Portuguesa" (1911–74) The Portuguese | |||||||||
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| Status | Dependency of Portuguese Cape Verde (1588–1879) Colony of the Portuguese Empire (1879–1951) Overseas Province of Portugal (1951–1973) State of the Portuguese Empire (1973–1974) | ||||||||
| Capital | Bolama (1852–1942) Bissau (1942–1974) | ||||||||
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| Head of State | |||||||||
• 1588–1598 | King Philip I of Portugal | ||||||||
• 1974 | President António de Spínola | ||||||||
| Governor | |||||||||
• 1615–1619 (first) | Baltasar Pereira de Castelo Branco | ||||||||
• 1974 (last) | Carlos Fabião | ||||||||
| Historical era | Imperialism | ||||||||
• Founding of Cacheu | 1588 | ||||||||
• Independence of Guinea-Bissau | 10 September 1974 | ||||||||
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| ISO 3166 code | GN | ||||||||
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| Today part of | Guinea-Bissau | ||||||||
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Portuguese Guinea (Portuguese: Guiné), called the Overseas Province of Guinea from 1951 until 1972 and then State of Guinea from 1972 until 1974, was a West African colony of Portugal from 1588 until 10 September 1974, when it gained independence as Guinea-Bissau.
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