Portuguese Guinea
1588–1974 Portuguese colony in West Africa / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Portuguese Guinea (Portuguese: Guiné Portuguesa), 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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Overseas Province of Guinea | |||||||||
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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 | |||||||||
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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