Worth knowing
Guinea
The Niger rises only about 240 km from the Atlantic, then flows away from the sea towards the Sahara. It travels some 4,200 km, through Mali, Niger and Nigeria, before it reaches the ocean.
Where its story happens
The source of the Niger, at 9.08°N, 10.78°W. It's the place the game marks on the globe once the country is found. See it on a map.
Five things to know about Guinea
In Geodar these are the five clues to this country, and it counts as one of the hard countries. The game asks the hardest clue first. Here the easiest comes first.
- Where it is. It's Guinea, capital Conakry, on the Atlantic coast of West Africa between Guinea-Bissau and Sierra Leone. See Guinea on a map.
- Its capital is Conakry, and three other countries share its name with an extra word attached.
- It has the world's largest reserves of bauxite, the ore that aluminium is made from.
- In a 1958 vote, it alone among France's African colonies chose immediate independence.
- Three of West Africa's great rivers, the Niger, the Senegal and the Gambia, all rise in its highlands.